MPG123 Remote File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

BID:8680

Info

MPG123 Remote File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8680
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0865
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 23 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Vade79.
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 File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

A problem in the handling of some types of remote files has been reported in mpg123. Because of this, it may be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the mpg123 user.

Exploit / POC

MPG123 Remote File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

The following exploit was contributed by vade79.

Solution / Fix

MPG123 Remote File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released advisory 200309-17 to address this issue. Affected users are advised to execute the following commands to update vulnerable systems:

emerge sync
emerge mpg123 -p
emerge mpg123
emerge clean

Conectiva has released advisory CLA-2003:781 to address this issue.

Debian has released advisory DSA 435-1 to address this issue.

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


mpg123 mpg123 0.59 r

References

MPG123 Remote File Play Heap Corruption Vulnerability

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