CVE-2006-6172

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6172
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-30 15:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usn/usn-392-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Xine-Lib RuleMatches Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1244-1 xine-lib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Slackware update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MPlayer RTSP Stream Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- xine-lib: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MPlayer: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mplayerhq.hu
Mandriva update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
xine-lib libreal and libmms Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MPlayer - The Movie Player af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mplayerhq.hu
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