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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60371
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1496-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mplayer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1496-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mplayer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1496-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several buffer overflows have been discovered in the MPlayer movie player, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2008-0485

Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco discovered a buffer overflow in the demuxer for MOV files.

CVE-2008-0486

Reimar Doeffinger discovered a buffer overflow in the FLAC header parsing.

CVE-2008-0629

Adam Bozanich discovered a buffer overflow in the CDDB access code.

CVE-2008-0630

Adam Bozanich discovered a buffer overflow in URL parsing.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain mplayer.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0~
rc1-12etch2.

We recommend that you upgrade your mplayer packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'mplayer' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0485
BugTraq ID: 27499
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27499
Bugtraq: 20080204 CORE-2008-0122: MPlayer arbitrary pointer dereference (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487500/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1496 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060032.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2102
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019299
http://secunia.com/advisories/28779
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955
http://secunia.com/advisories/28956
http://secunia.com/advisories/29307
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3607
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0406/references
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0486
BugTraq ID: 27441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27441
Bugtraq: 20080204 CORE-2007-1218: MPlayer 1.0rc2 buffer overflow vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1536 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:046
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103
http://secunia.com/advisories/28801
http://secunia.com/advisories/28918
http://secunia.com/advisories/28989
http://secunia.com/advisories/29141
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
http://secunia.com/advisories/29601
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3608
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:006 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0629
BugTraq ID: 27765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27765
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0630
BugTraq ID: 27766
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27766
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