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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200609-08 ] xine-lib: Buffer overflows
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:18:07
Message-Id: 200609132053.28857.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-08
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: xine-lib: Buffer overflows
9 Date: September 13, 2006
10 Bugs: #133520
11 ID: 200609-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 xine-lib is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could be
19 exploited to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 xine is a high performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback
25 engine. xine-lib is xine's core engine.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-libs/xine-lib < 1.1.2-r2 >= 1.1.2-r2
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35 Description
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38 xine-lib contains buffer overflows in the processing of AVI.
39 Additionally, xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP
40 plugin (xineplug_inp_http.so) via a long reply from an HTTP server.
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42 Impact
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45 An attacker could trigger the buffer overflow vulnerabilities by
46 enticing a user to load a specially crafted AVI file in xine. This
47 might result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the
48 user running xine. Additionally, a remote HTTP server serving a xine
49 client a specially crafted reply could crash xine and possibly execute
50 arbitrary code.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2802
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2802
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-08.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5