Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2718 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in MPlayer Audio Header
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in ad_pcm.c in MPlayer 1.0pre7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PCM audio data, as demonstrated using a video file with an audio header containing a large value in a stream format (strf) chunk.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-158.NASL description Buffer overflow in ad_pcm.c in MPlayer 1.0pre7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a video file with an audio header containing a large value in a strf chunk. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19913 published 2005-10-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19913 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDKSA-2005:158) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:158. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(19913); script_version ("1.17"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2718"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2005:158"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDKSA-2005:158)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Buffer overflow in ad_pcm.c in MPlayer 1.0pre7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a video file with an audio header containing a large value in a strf chunk. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64postproc0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64postproc0-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libdha1.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostproc0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostproc0-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mencoder"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer-gui"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/10/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libdha1.0-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpostproc0-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpostproc0-devel-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"mencoder-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"mplayer-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre5.8.2.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64postproc0-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64postproc0-devel-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libdha1.0-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpostproc0-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpostproc0-devel-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"mencoder-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"mplayer-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre6.8.2.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200509-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-01 (MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c) Sven Tantau discovered a heap overflow in the code handling the strf chunk of PCM audio streams. Impact : An attacker could craft a malicious video or audio file which, when opened using MPlayer, would end up executing arbitrary code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19576 published 2005-09-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19576 title GLSA-200509-01 : MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-01. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(19576); script_version("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2718"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200509-01"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200509-01 : MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-01 (MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c) Sven Tantau discovered a heap overflow in the code handling the strf chunk of PCM audio streams. Impact : An attacker could craft a malicious video or audio file which, when opened using MPlayer, would end up executing arbitrary code on the victim's computer with the permissions of the user running MPlayer. Workaround : You can mitigate the issue by adding 'ac=-pcm,' to your MPlayer configuration file (note that this will prevent you from playing uncompressed audio)." ); # http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://beastiebytes.com/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-01" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7-r1'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mplayer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/09/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"media-video/mplayer", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0_pre7-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0_pre7-r1"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MPlayer"); }