Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDKSA-2005:180)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20040

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

When playing an Audio CD, a xine-lib based media application contacts a CDDB server to retrieve metadata like the title and artist's name.
During processing of this data, a response from the server, which is located in memory on the stack, is passed to the fprintf() function as a format string. An attacker can set up a malicious CDDB server and trick the client into using this server instead of the pre- configured one. Alternatively, any user and therefore the attacker can modify entries in the official CDDB server. Using this format string vulnerability, attacker-chosen data can be written to an attacker-chosen memory location. This allows the attacker to alter the control flow and to execute malicious code with the permissions of the user running the application.

This problem was reported by Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20040

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-180.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xine1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xine1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxine1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxine1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-aa, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-arts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-dxr3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-esd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-flac, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-gnomevfs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-image, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-plugins, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-polyp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-smb, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2967

MDKSA: 2005:180

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