GLSA 200607-07: xine-lib: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	xine-lib: Buffer overflow
Date:	07/20/2006
Bugs:	#139319
ID:	200607-07

Synopsis

A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

xine-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/xine-lib	< 1.1.2-r2	>= 1.1.2-r2	All supported architectures

Description

There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command, string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions.

Impact

A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"

References

CVE-2006-2200

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-07.xml

Concerns?

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