Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30994
https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue311 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/5ccb1c14-e357-11dd-a765-0030843d3802.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
mplayer
mplayer-esound
mplayer-gtk
mplayer-gtk-esound
mplayer-gtk2
mplayer-gtk2-esound
CVE-2008-3162
Stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet function in libavformat/psxstr.c in FFmpeg before r13993 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted STR file that interleaves audio and video sectors.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2008-3162 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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