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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63935
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1782-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mplayer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1782-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mplayer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1782-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mplayer, a movie player for Unix-like systems. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2009-0385

It was discovered that watching a malformed 4X movie file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-4866

It was discovered that multiple buffer overflows could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-5616

It was discovered that watching a malformed TwinVQ file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0~
rc1-12etch7.

For the stable distribution (lenny), mplayer links against ffmpeg-debian.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), mplayer links against ffmpeg-debian.

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:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4866
BugTraq ID: 33308
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33308
Debian Security Information: DSA-1782 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:015
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016011.html
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016012.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/34296
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
http://secunia.com/advisories/34845
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1
XForce ISS Database: ffmpeg-utils-multiple-bo(46322)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46322
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5616
BugTraq ID: 32822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32822
Bugtraq: 20081214 [TKADV2008-014] MPlayer TwinVQ Processing Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499214/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:014
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-014.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/33136
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0385
BugTraq ID: 33502
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502
Bugtraq: 20090128 [TKADV2009-004] FFmpeg Type Conversion Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1781 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt
http://osvdb.org/51643
http://secunia.com/advisories/33711
http://secunia.com/advisories/34712
http://secunia.com/advisories/34905
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277
XForce ISS Database: ffmpeg-fourxmreadheader-code-execution(48330)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330
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