xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200701-18 / xine-ui
Release Date	January 23, 2007
Latest Revision	January 23, 2007: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/xine-ui	< 0.99.5_pre20060716	>= 0.99.5_pre20060716	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #161558

Synopsis

xine-ui improperly handles format strings, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

xine-ui is a skin-based user interface for xine. xine is a free multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode other common multimedia formats.

Description

Due to the improper handling and use of format strings, the errors_create_window() function in errors.c does not safely write data to memory.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file with xine-ui, and possibly execute arbitrary code.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xine-ui users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20060716"

4. References

CVE-2007-0254

Page updated January 23, 2007

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