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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200607-01">
+ <title>mpg123: Heap overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A heap overflow in mpg123 was discovered, which could result in the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">mpg123</product>
+ <announced>2006-07-03</announced>
+ <revised>2006-07-29: 02</revised>
+ <bug>133988</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.59s-r11</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.59s-r11</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ mpg123 is a real time audio player designed for the MPEG format.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ In httpdget.c, a variable is assigned to the heap, and is supposed to
+ receive a smaller allocation. As this variable was not terminated
+ properly, strncpy() will overwrite the data assigned next in memory.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By enticing a user to visit a malicious URL, an attacker could possibly
+ execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running mpg123.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All mpg123 users should update to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r11"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3355">CVE-2006-3355</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-30T16:01:33Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-30T18:10:59Z">
+ hlieberman
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-07-02T14:50:47Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>