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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54538
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200403-13 (mplayer)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200403-13.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200403-13.

Vulnerability Insight:
MPlayer contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the HTTP parser
that may allow attackers to run arbitrary code on a user's computer.

Solution:
MPlayer may be upgraded as follows:

x86 and SPARC users should:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1'

AMD64 users should:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1'

PPC users should:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2'

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-2004-0386
BugTraq ID: 10008
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10008
Bugtraq: 20040330 Heap overflow in MPlayer (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/359025
Bugtraq: 20040330 MPlayer Security Advisory #002 - HTTP parsing vulnerability (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108067020624076&w=2
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#723910
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723910
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-13.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:026
http://secunia.com/advisories/11259
XForce ISS Database: mplayer-header-bo(15675)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15675
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