DSA-1074-1 mpg123 -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1074-1 mpg123 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

24 May 2006

Affected Packages:

mpg123

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 361863.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17365.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1655.

More information:

A. Alejandro Hernández discovered a vulnerability in mpg123, a command-line player for MPEG audio files. Insufficient validation of MPEG 2.0 layer 3 files results in several buffer overflows.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.59r-20sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.59r-22.

We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-esd_0.59r-20sarge1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-esd_0.59r-20sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-nas_0.59r-20sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-oss-3dnow_0.59r-20sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-oss-i486_0.59r-20sarge1_i386.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123-esd_0.59r-20sarge1_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/non-free/m/mpg123/mpg123_0.59r-20sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.