MPlayer and xine-lib RTSP RDT buffer overflow
| mplayer-rtsp-rdt-bo (16019) |  High Risk |
Description:
MPlayer and xine-lib are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of user-supplied input. A remote attacker, in control of a malicious Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) server, could send specially-crafted Real Data Transport (RDT) packets to a vulnerable client to overflow the buffer and cause the player to crash or execute arbitrary code on the victim's system.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For MPlayer:
Upgrade to the latest version (1.0pre4 or later), available from the MPlayer Web site. See References.
For xine-lib:
Upgrade to the latest version (1-rc4 or later), available from the xine Web site. See References.
For Slackware Linux:
Upgrade to the latest xine-lib package, as listed below. Refer to slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 3 May 2004 13:07:44 -0700 (PDT) for more information. See References.
Slackware Linux 9.1 and -current: 1rc4-i686-1 or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- MPlayer Web site: Mplayer:HU _ The Movie Player for Linux.
- slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 3 May 2004 13:07:44 -0700 (PDT): xine-lib update (SSA:2004-124-03).
- The xine-Project Security Advisory XSA-2004-3: Multiple vulnerabilities have being found and fixed in the Real-Time Streaming.
- xine Web site: xine - A Free Video Player.
- BID-10245: MPlayer/Xine-Lib Multiple RealRTSP Buffer Overrun Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0433: Multiple buffer overflows in the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) client for (1) MPlayer before 1.0pre4 and (2) xine lib (xine-lib) before 1-rc4, when playing Real RTSP (realrtsp) streams, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (a) long URLs, (b) long Real server responses, or (c) long Real Data Transport (RDT) packets.
- GLSA-200405-24: MPlayer, xine-lib: vulnerabilities in RTSP stream handling
- OSVDB ID: 5723: MPlayer/xine-lib HTTP Parser Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 5724: MPlayer/xine-lib RTSP Session Negotiation Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 5725: MPlayer/xine-lib RealNetwork RDT Response Overflow
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- MPlayer MPlayer 1.0pre1 - pre3try2
- Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1
- Slackware Slackware Linux current
- Xine xine-lib 1-beta1 - 1-rc3c
Reported:
Apr 30, 2004
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