glsa-202107-46.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202107-46">
  <title>mpv: Format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>A format string vulnerability was found in mpv, potentially
    resulting in arbitrary code execution.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mpv</product>
  <announced>2021-07-20</announced>
  <revised count="1">2021-07-20</revised>
  <bug>780474</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/mpv" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.33.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.33.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>mpv uses untrusted input within format strings.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted m3u
      playlist file using mpv, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
      code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All mpv users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/mpv-0.33.1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30145">CVE-2021-30145</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-07-16T02:03:07Z">ajak</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-07-20T04:16:47Z">ajak</metadata>
</glsa>