Debian DSA-1105-1 : xine-lib - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22647

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP Plugin in xine-lib, the xine video/media player library, that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the libxine packages.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8-2woody5.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22647

File Name: debian_DSA-1105.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xine-lib, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2802

BID: 18187

DSA: 1105

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