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Package name mplayer
Date October 1st, 2007
Advisory ID MDKSA-2007:192
Affected versions 2007.0, 2007.1
Synopsis Updated mplayer packages fix vulnerability

Problem Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in MPlayer's AVI handling
that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .avi file.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007

 664764460655f8fa3ffe837fe1c753c4  2007.0/i586/libdha1.0-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 92e7649f53c13651062b76f33b093f16  2007.0/i586/mencoder-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 ea399734d197db1b88a8706ad9bf855a  2007.0/i586/mplayer-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 9d751d448cf399915dc11233f291bed5  2007.0/i586/mplayer-gui-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 c015287479e38ccf22e271b3e97cc3ac  2007.0/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 a841c634484003178dbe3edcf04250fb  2007.0/x86_64/mencoder-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 0c59b24ecd8977087b546ad373b5c556  2007.0/x86_64/mplayer-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 8a9e6cd4f9b438470a08f770a6f3faca  2007.0/x86_64/mplayer-gui-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 c015287479e38ccf22e271b3e97cc3ac  2007.0/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0-1.pre8.13.5mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 1f9dba71ed8296072bbb29a276b24349  2007.1/i586/libdha1.0-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 b679aa7cfb01a9173539045c7ae06a42  2007.1/i586/mencoder-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 518690338f0b044e2e591f9cc49c3eab  2007.1/i586/mplayer-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 54a46f319a936e2e94c833385dc01b92  2007.1/i586/mplayer-doc-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 bd9470eb57ee6ced6a9e3358d8d47484  2007.1/i586/mplayer-gui-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 3e6887feff803bc3a3efe864842e0679  2007.1/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 af0ee01741af03a7a75b6a5289dbca9d  2007.1/x86_64/mencoder-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 0e7e5f18937ebd4a050a683da5116e3e  2007.1/x86_64/mplayer-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 4eeb75257e99b553e90b2c767fce6903  2007.1/x86_64/mplayer-doc-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 2604e564242de95388b4e543624db4dc  2007.1/x86_64/mplayer-gui-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 3e6887feff803bc3a3efe864842e0679  2007.1/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0-1.rc1.11.3mdv2007.1.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4938

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Verification

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                rpm --checksig package.rpm

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