1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200607-07 / xine-lib |
| Release Date | July 20, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | July 20, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-libs/xine-lib | < 1.1.2-r2 | >= 1.1.2-r2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #139319
A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
xine-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player.
There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command, string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions.
A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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-r2" |