MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:11121

Info

MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11121
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0805
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 07 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 07:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to "Davide Del Vecchio" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: mpg123 mpg123 0.59 s
+ Gentoo Linux
mpg123 mpg123 0.59 r
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
+ Gentoo Linux
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Reportedly mpg123 is affected by a remote stereo boundary buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate user-supplied string sizes prior to copying them into process buffers.

This issue will allow a malicious user to manipulate process memory ultimately leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the user that started the vulnerable application.

Exploit / POC

MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released updates to this issue that may be applied with the following commands:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4"
emerge ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4"

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2004:100 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Debian has released advisory DSA 564-1 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for information on obtaining and applying fixes.


mpg123 mpg123 0.59 r

References

MPG123 Remote Stereo Boundary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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