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GLSA-200604-16 : xine-lib: Buffer overflow vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 21298

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-200604-16 (xine-lib: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered that when handling MPEG streams xine-lib fails to make a proper boundary check of the input data supplied by the user before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted MPEG file, 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 xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2_pre20060328-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200604-16

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21298

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-16.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/28/2006

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:gentoo:linux:xine-lib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1664

GLSA: 200604-16