openSUSE 10 Security Update : xine-lib (xine-lib-2308)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27485

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows were fixed in the XINE decoder libraries, which could be used by attackers to crash players or potentially execute code.

CVE-2006-4799: Buffer overflow in ffmpeg for xine-lib before 1.1.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI file and 'bad indexes'.

CVE-2006-4800: Multiple buffer overflows in libavcodec in ffmpeg before 0.4.9_p20060530 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple unspecified vectors in (1) dtsdec.c, (2) vorbis.c, (3) rm.c, (4) sierravmd.c, (5) smacker.c, (6) tta.c, (7) 4xm.c, (8) alac.c, (9) cook.c, (10) shorten.c, (11) smacker.c, (12) snow.c, and (13) tta.c.

Solution

Update the affected xine-lib packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27485

File Name: suse_xine-lib-2308.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xine-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xine-lib-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4799, CVE-2006-4800

Detections

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