Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mpg123
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:093.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:093
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mpg123:
Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE:
some of these details are obtained from third party information (CVE-2009-1301).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1301 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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