PT-2006-6803 · Mplayer+1 · Mplayer+1

Published 2006-11-30 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2006-6172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xine/xine-lib (affected versions not specified) MPlayer versions prior to 1.0rc1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the asmrp eval function, which is part of the RealMedia RTSP stream handler in the Real Media input plugin. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code. The exploitation is possible via a rulebook containing a large number of rulematches.

Recommendations For xine/xine-lib, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For MPlayer versions prior to 1.0rc1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6172

DSA-1244-1

Affected Products

Mplayer

Xine-Lib

References · 28

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655 · Exploit
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:112 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-392-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-02.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6172 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1244 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.433842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4824 · Note