Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200412-21.
Solution
All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r5'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-21 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74473
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=168&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=167&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=166&type=vulnerabilities http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/mplayer.txt
Insight
Multiple overflow vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer, potentially resulting in remote executing of arbitrary code.
