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GLSA-200607-07 : xine-lib: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22083

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-200607-07 (xine-lib: Buffer overflow)

 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.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22083

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200607-07.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 7/21/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xine-lib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2200

GLSA: 200607-07