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[DSA1074] DSA-1074-1 mpg123

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1074-1 mpg123

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A. Alejandro Hernández discovered a vulnerability in mpg123, a
command-line player for MPEG audio files. Insufficient validation of
MPEG 2.0 layer 3 files results in several buffer overflows.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.59r-20sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.59r-22.
We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1074
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 17365

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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