Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDKSA-2005:228)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20459

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodec_default_get_buffer()' function of 'utils.c' in libavcodec.
This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted 1x1 '.png' file containing a palette is read.

Xine-lib is built with a private copy of ffmpeg containing this same code. (Corporate Server 2.1 is not vulnerable)

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20459

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-228.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:mandriva:linux:lib64xine1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xine1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxine1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxine1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-aa, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-arts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-dxr3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-esd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-flac, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-gnomevfs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-image, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-plugins, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-polyp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xine-smb, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4048

MDKSA: 2005:228

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