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GLSA-200604-04 : Kaffeine: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21197

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-200604-04 (Kaffeine: Buffer overflow)

 Kaffeine uses an unchecked buffer when fetching remote RAM playlists via HTTP.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted RAM playlist resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r2'

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060404-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200604-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21197

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-04.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/8/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0051

GLSA: 200604-04