:Techworld: Big Bug Fix for Linux a Month in Coming
Techworld: Big Bug Fix for Linux a Month in Coming Aug 3, 2004, 15 :15 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (5889 reads) (Other stories by Matthew Broersma)
"Linux vendors are urging users to patch a serious bug in the graphical user interface of the popular Mplayer media player application, which could allow a remote attacker to execute malicious code on a Linux or Unix system.
"Gentoo Linux released an advisory on Monday, instructing users to upgrade to the latest version of Mplayer. However, developers have warned that more bugs of the same sort are likely to be uncovered in Mplayer's GUI and recommended administrators to switch the interface off..."
