Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.

Alin Rad Pop found an array index vulnerability in the SDP parser of xine-lib. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a malicious RTSP stream, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user using the program (CVE-2008-0073).

The ASF demuxer in xine-lib did not properly check the length of ASF headers. If a user was tricked into opening a crafted ASF file, a remote attacker could possibly cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user using the program (CVE-2008-1110).

The Matroska demuxer in xine-lib did not properly verify frame sizes, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user opened a crafted ASF file (CVE-2008-1161).

Luigi Auriemma found multiple integer overflows in xine-lib. If a user was tricked into opening a crafted FLV, MOV, RM, MVE, MKV, or CAK file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user using the program (CVE-2008-1482).

Guido Landi found A stack-based buffer overflow in xine-lib that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long NSF title (CVE-2008-1878).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Alin Rad Pop discovered an array index vulnerability in the SDP parser. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a malicious RTSP stream, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-0073)

Luigi Auriemma discovered that xine-lib did not properly check buffer sizes in the RTSP header-handling code. If xine-lib opened an RTSP stream with crafted SDP attributes, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0238)

Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega discovered that xine-lib did not properly validate FLAC tags. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0486)

It was discovered that the ASF demuxer in xine-lib did not properly check the length if the ASF header. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted ASF file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1110)

It was discovered that the Matroska demuxer in xine-lib did not properly verify frame sizes. If xine-lib opened a crafted ASF file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1161)

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple integer overflows in xine-lib. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted FLV, MOV, RM, MVE, MKV or CAK file, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1482)

It was discovered that xine-lib did not properly validate its input when processing Speex file headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted Speex file, an attacker could create a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1686)

Guido Landi discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in xine-lib when processing NSF files. If xine-lib opened a specially crafted NSF file with a long NSF title, an attacker could create a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1878).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xine, a media player library, allowed for a denial of service or arbitrary code execution, which could be exploited through viewing malicious content.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2007-1246 / CVE-2007-1387     The DMO_VideoDecoder_Open function does not set the     biSize before use in a memcpy, which allows     user-assisted remote attackers to cause a buffer     overflow and possibly execute arbitrary code (applies to     sarge only).

  - CVE-2008-0073     Array index error in the sdpplin_parse function allows     remote RTSP servers to execute arbitrary code via a     large streamid SDP parameter.

  - CVE-2008-0486     Array index vulnerability in libmpdemux/demux_audio.c     might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code     via a crafted FLAC tag, which triggers a buffer overflow     (applies to etch only).

  - CVE-2008-1161     Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and     possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with     invalid frame sizes.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
36948	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDVSA-2008:178)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
33940	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : xine-lib vulnerabilities (USN-635-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
31721	Debian DSA-1536-1 : libxine - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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