| Name | CVE-2006-6172 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1244-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 401740 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mplayer (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:1.5+svn38674-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mplayer | source | (unstable) | 1.0~rc1-11 | medium | ||
| xine-lib | source | sarge | 1.0.1-1sarge5 | DSA-1244-1 | ||
| xine-lib | source | (unstable) | 1.1.2+dfsg-2 | medium | 401740 |