Gentoo Linux Advisories: net-ftp/proftpd, media-video/mplayer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 29, 2003

GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-16


PACKAGE : net-ftp/proftpd
SUMMARY : ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerability
DATE : 2003-09-28 00:37 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
FIXED VERSION : =proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
GENTOO BUG ID : 29452
CVE : none that we are aware of at this time

SUMMARY:

ISS X-Force discovered a vulnerability that could be triggered
when a specially crafted file is uploaded to a proftpd server.

Read the full advisory at:
http://www.proftpd.org/

SOLUTION:

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-ftp/proftpd upgrade to proftpd-1.29_rc2 as follows

emerge sync
emerge ‘>=net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.9_rc2’
emerge clean


solar@gentoo.org
aliz@gentoo.org – GnuPG key is
available at http://dev.gentoo.org/~aliz



GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-15


PACKAGE : media-video/mplayer
SUMMARY : Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
DATE : 2003-09-27 21:37 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <=mplayer-0.91 =mplayer-1.0_pre1
FIXED VERSION : =mplayer-0.92 =mplayer-1.0_pre1-r1
GENTOO BUG ID : 29640
CVE : none that we are aware of at this time

SUMMARY:
A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was found in
MPlayer. A malicious host can craft a harmful ASX header, and trick
MPlayer into executing arbitrary code upon parsing that header.

read the full advisory at:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html

SOLUTION:

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-video/mplayer upgrade to mplayer-0.92 as follows

emerge sync
emerge =media-video/mplayer-0.92
emerge clean

Additionally PaX users might want to /sbin/chpax -m
/usr/bin/mplayer


solar@gentoo.org
aliz@gentoo.org – GnuPG key is
available at http://dev.gentoo.org/~aliz


Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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