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Debian DSA-1472-1 : xine-lib - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 30064

Synopsis

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

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered that the Xine media player library performed insufficient input sanitising during the handling of RTSP streams, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the xine-lib packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge6.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1472

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 30064

File Name: debian_DSA-1472.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xine-lib, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0225

CWE: 119

DSA: 1472