GLSA-200411-14 : Kaffeine, gxine: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15648

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-14 (Kaffeine, gxine: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow)

KF of Secure Network Operations has discovered an overflow that occurs during the Content-Type header processing of Kaffeine. The vulnerable code in Kaffeine is reused from gxine, making gxine vulnerable as well.
Impact :

An attacker could create a specially crafted Content-type header from a malicious HTTP server, and crash a user's instance of Kaffeine or gxine, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/kaffeine-0.4.3b-r1' All gxine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/gxine-0.3.3-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15648

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-14.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/8/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gxine, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kaffeine, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1034

GLSA: 200411-14

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