DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6172

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6172

    Published: 30 Nov 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-6172

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6172

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mplayer

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mplayer?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0~rc1-11

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High