Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202405-05

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202405-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: MPlayer: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 04, 2024
Bugs: #870406
ID: 202405-05

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, the worst of
which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
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MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file
formats.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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media-video/mplayer < 1.5 >= 1.5

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-video/mplayer-1.5”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-38600
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38600
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-38850
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38850
[ 3 ] CVE-2022-38851
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38851
[ 4 ] CVE-2022-38853
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38853
[ 5 ] CVE-2022-38855
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38855
[ 6 ] CVE-2022-38856
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38856
[ 7 ] CVE-2022-38858
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38858
[ 8 ] CVE-2022-38860
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38860
[ 9 ] CVE-2022-38861
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38861
[ 10 ] CVE-2022-38862
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38862
[ 11 ] CVE-2022-38863
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38863
[ 12 ] CVE-2022-38864
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38864
[ 13 ] CVE-2022-38865
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38865
[ 14 ] CVE-2022-38866
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38866

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5