Check Point Advisories

MPlayer demux_open_vqf TwinVQ File Handling Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-5616)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-390
Date Published:	20 Dec 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 20 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-5616
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	MPlayer is an open source multimedia player for Linux that is also available in a Mac OS X and Windows versions. It can play many audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX, ogg, TwinVQ, etc.) as well as various streaming protocols. It is highly portable and available for multiple platforms. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in MPlayer. The flaw is due to boundary error when processing TwinVQ files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by persuading the target user to open a malicious TwinVQ file. In a successful attack, arbitrary code is supplied and executed on the vulnerable target host. The behavior of the target system is dependent on the malicious code. Note that any code executed by the attacker runs with the privileges of the logged in user. In an attack where code execution is not successfull, the vulnerable application will terminate abnormally while parsing the malicious TwinVQ file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the MPlayer demux_open_vqf TwinVQ File Handling Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Media Player Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: MPlayer demux_open_vqf TwinVQ file handling buffer overflow