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From: Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200607-07 ] xine-lib: Buffer overflow
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:02:40
Message-Id: 44C22809.3020708@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: xine-lib: Buffer overflow
9 Date: July 20, 2006
10 Bugs: #139319
11 ID: 200607-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with
19 xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 xine-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-libs/xine-lib < 1.1.2-r2 >= 1.1.2-r2
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34 Description
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37 There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with
38 xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command,
39 string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would
45 trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of
46 arbitrary code.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2200
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2200
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-07.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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