mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:9364

Info

mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9364
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0969
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 06 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: This issue was announced in a Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: mpg321 mpg321 0.2.10
+ Gentoo Linux
mpg321 mpg321 0.2.9
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
mpg321 mpg321 0.2.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
mpg321 mpg321 0.2.2
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 - Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 mpg321 mpg321 0.1.5
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 - Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String Vulnerability

A remotely exploitable format string vulnerability is present in mpg321. This issue could be exploited if a malicious MP3 file is played by a user, either by opening the file manually or by streaming the malicious file. This will permit for execution of arbitrary code in the context of the user invoking the media player.

Exploit / POC

mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 411-1 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200503-34 dealing with this issue. Gentoo advises that all users carry out the following commands with superuser privileges to update their packages:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/mpg321-0.2.10-r2"

For more information, please see the referenced Gentoo linux advisory.


mpg321 mpg321 0.2.10

References

mpg321 MP3 File Remote Format String Vulnerability

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