-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : mplayer SUMMARY : Fixes for mplayer vulnerabilities DATE : 2005-01-05 08:59:00 ID : CLA-2005:910 RELEVANT RELEASES : 9, 10 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION MPlayer[1] is a multimedia player that supports several video and audio codecs. iDEFENSE[2] found a buffer overflow vulnerability[3] due to an error in dynamically allocating memory and further investigation by mplayer team found more vulnerabilities. This announcement fixes these vulnerabilities. SOLUTION It is recommended that all mplayer users upgrade to the latest packages. REFERENCES 1.http://mplayerhq.hu/ 2.http://www.idefense.com/ 3.http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=166 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-doc-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-skins-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_2cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_2cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-doc-0.92-28594U90_2cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFB28/D42jd0JmAcZARAjXwAKDZUbQyhZ4stIOnwPBpfsXIhhOnGACfctts HiChIv1Veu/dCw3c12ngqlg= =vXAL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
