GLSA 200505-19: gxine: Format string vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	gxine: Format string vulnerability
Date:	05/26/2005
Bugs:	#93532
ID:	200505-19

Synopsis

A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background

gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/gxine	< 0.4.4	>= 0.3.3-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted printing in the hostname decoding function.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted file with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.