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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53270
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-578-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mpg123' package(s) announced via the DSA-578-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mpg123' package(s) announced via the DSA-578-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Carlos Barros has discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP authentication routine of mpg123, a popular (but non-free) MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player. If a user opened a malicious playlist or URL, an attacker might execute arbitrary code with the rights of the calling user.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.59r-13woody4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.59r-17.

We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 package.

Affected Software/OS:
'mpg123' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0982
BugTraq ID: 11468
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11468
Bugtraq: 20041019 mpg123 "getauthfromurl" buffer overflow (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109834486312407&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-578 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-578
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-27.xml
http://www.barrossecurity.com/advisories/mpg123_getauthfromurl_bof_advisory.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/11023
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011832
http://secunia.com/advisories/12908
XForce ISS Database: mpg123-getauthfromurl-bo(17574)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17574
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