glsa-201612-29.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201612-29">
  <title>libmms: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in libmms might allow
    remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libmms</product>
  <announced>2016-12-11</announced>
  <revised count="1">2016-12-11</revised>
  <bug>507822</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/libmms" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.6.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libmms is a library for downloading (streaming) media files using the
      mmst and mmsh protocols.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the get_answer function
      within mmsh.c of libmms.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker might send a specially crafted MMS over HTTP (MMSH)
      response, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
      with the privileges of the process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libmms users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/libmms-0.6.4"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2892">CVE-2014-2892</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-27T10:19:34Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-11T23:47:07Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>