<?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 ">=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>