GLSA-200501-07 : xine-lib: Multiple overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16398

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-200501-07 (xine-lib: Multiple overflows)

Ariel Berkman discovered that xine-lib reads specific input data into an array without checking the input size in demux_aiff.c, making it vulnerable to a buffer overflow (CAN-2004-1300) . iDefense discovered that the PNA_TAG handling code in pnm_get_chunk() does not check if the input size is larger than the buffer size (CAN-2004-1187).
iDefense also discovered that in this same function, a negative value could be given to an unsigned variable that specifies the read length of input data (CAN-2004-1188).
Impact :

A remote attacker could craft a malicious movie or convince a targeted user to connect to a malicious PNM server, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running any xine-lib frontend.
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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16398

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-07.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:xine-lib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1187, CVE-2004-1188, CVE-2004-1300

GLSA: 200501-07

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