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Re: Stack Buffer Overflow in MPlayer



CoKi wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------
> No System Group - Advisory #2 - 01/09/03
> -------------------------------------------------
> Program:  MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux 
> Homepage:  http://www.mplayerhq.hu
> Vulnerable Versions: Mplayer v0.91 and prior
> Risk: Low / Medium
> Impact: Stack Buffer Overflow
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> NOTE: The program 'gmplayer' isn't SUID by default.
A SUID MPlayer can be easily tricked to - like - overwrite /etc/shadow with
a new one, using very simple commandline options. One should *NEVER* set
MPlayer SUID root.

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Gabucino
MPlayer Core Team

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