Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6936
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:18
Title:DSA-1496 mplayer -- buffer overflows
Description: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: Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco discovered a buffer overflow in the demuxer for MOV files. Reimar Doeffinger discovered a buffer overflow in the FLAC header parsing. Adam Bozanich discovered a buffer overflow in the CDDB access code. Adam Bozanich discovered a buffer overflow in URL parsing. The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain mplayer.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-0485
CVE-2008-0486
CVE-2008-0629
CVE-2008-0630
DSA-1496
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s):mplayer
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independent section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND mplayer-doc is earlier than 1.0~rc1-12etch2
  • OR Architecture dependent section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is s390
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is arm
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is mips
  • OR Installed architecture is ia64
  • OR Installed architecture is alpha
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is mipsel
  • OR Installed architecture is hppa
  • AND mplayer is earlier than 1.0~rc1-12etch2
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