GLSA 200701-18: xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities |
Date: | 01/23/2007 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 200701-18 |
Synopsis
xine-ui improperly handles format strings, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.Background
xine-ui is a skin-based user interface for xine. xine is a free multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode other common multimedia formats.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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media-video/xine-ui | < 0.99.5_pre20060716 | >= 0.99.5_pre20060716 | All supported architectures |
Description
Due to the improper handling and use of format strings, the errors_create_window() function in errors.c does not safely write data to memory.
Impact
An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file with xine-ui, and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All xine-ui users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20060716"
References
Availability
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License
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