Gentoo alert 200309-17 (mpg123)

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aliz@gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
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GLSA:  mpg123 (200309-17)
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Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:32:04 +0200 (CEST)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-17
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          PACKAGE : mpg123
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-09-30 14:32 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
     GENTOO BUG # : 26787
              CVE : CAN-2003-0577

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DESCRIPTION

mpg123 contains a heap based buffer overflow that would allow an remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

SOLUTION

it is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-sound/mpg123 upgrade to a fixed version.

make sure that the version to be installed is either one of 
0.59r-r3 (stable) or 0.59s-r1 (masked).

emerge sync
emerge mpg123 -p
emerge mpg123
emerge clean


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