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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: mpg123: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: February 06, 2015
Bugs: #500262
ID: 201502-01

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in mpg123, which could result in
arbitrary code execution.

Background
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mpg123 is a realtime MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player for layers 1, 2 and
3.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-sound/mpg123 < 1.18.1 >= 1.18.1

Description
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An issue has been found in mpg123 when decoding specifically crafted
MP3 file, that causes a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MPEG
file using mpg123, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-sound/mpg123-1.18.1”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9497
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9497

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-01.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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