CVE-2006-6172

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6172
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-30 15:28:00 UTC
Updated2011-03-08 02:45:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mplayer Mplayer All All All All
Application Xine Real Media Input Plugin All All All All
Application Xine Real Media Input Plugin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
MPlayer - The Movie Player CONFIRM www.mplayerhq.hu
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Page not found - SourceForge.net MISC sourceforge.net Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MPlayer: Buffer overflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Page not found - SourceForge.net CONFIRM sourceforge.net
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- xine-lib: Buffer overflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org
www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff MISC www.mplayerhq.hu
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1244-1 xine-lib DEBIAN www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Xine-Lib RuleMatches Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
xine-lib libreal and libmms Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Slackware update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Ubuntu update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
usn/usn-392-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
MPlayer RTSP Stream Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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