TITLE:
mpg321 Remotely Exploitable Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10544

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
mpg321 0.x

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been identified in mpg321, allowing malicious
people to execute arbitrary code.

The problem is that certain strings in mp3 files aren't properly
verified before being used in a "printf()" function call. This could
potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code through malicious
mp3 files and HTTP streams.

SOLUTION:
No update is a available; use a different product.

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