CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
96.9%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-13 (Remote buffer overflow in MPlayer)
A vulnerability exists in the MPlayer HTTP parser which may allow an attacker to craft a special HTTP header ('Location:') which will trick MPlayer into executing arbitrary code on the user's computer.
Impact :
An attacker without privileges may exploit this vulnerability remotely, allowing arbitrary code to be executed in order to gain unauthorized access.
Workaround :
A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200403-13.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14464);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0386");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200403-13");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200403-13 : Remote buffer overflow in MPlayer");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-13
(Remote buffer overflow in MPlayer)
A vulnerability exists in the MPlayer HTTP parser which may allow an
attacker to craft a special HTTP header ('Location:') which will trick
MPlayer into executing arbitrary code on the user's computer.
Impact :
An attacker without privileges may exploit this vulnerability remotely,
allowing arbitrary code to be executed in order to gain unauthorized
access.
Workaround :
A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are
advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://mplayerhq.hu"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200403-13"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"MPlayer may be upgraded as follows:
x86 and SPARC users should:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1'
AMD64 users should:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1'
PPC users should:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2'
# emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mplayer");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/03/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/30");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list", "Host/Gentoo/arch");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/arch");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(ppc)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "ppc", ourarch);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"media-video/mplayer", arch:"ppc", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0_pre3-r3"), vulnerable:make_list("le 1.0_pre3"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "media-video/mplayer");
}