1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200604-16 / xine-lib |
| Release Date | April 26, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | April 26, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-libs/xine-lib | < 1.1.2_pre20060328-r1 | >= 1.1.2_pre20060328-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #128838
xine-lib contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
xine-lib is the xine core engine. xine is a free multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode other common multimedia formats.
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.
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.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2_pre20060328-r1" |