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GLSA-200505-19 : gxine: Format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 18383

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-19 (gxine: Format string vulnerability)

 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.

Solution

All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine

See Also

http://www.0xbadexworm.org/adv/gxinefmt.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18383

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200505-19.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 5/28/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gxine, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1692

BID: 13707

GLSA: 200505-19