GLSA 200701-18: xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities
Date:	01/23/2007
Bugs:	#161558
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)
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

CVE-2007-0254

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-18.xml

Concerns?

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