Kaffeine: Buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200604-04 / kaffeine
Release Date	April 05, 2006
Latest Revision	April 05, 2006: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/kaffeine	< 0.7.1-r2	>= 0.7.1-r2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #127326

Synopsis

Kaffeine is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

Kaffeine is a graphical front-end for the xine-lib multimedia library.

Description

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r2"

4. References

Page updated April 05, 2006

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