The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-12 (xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

    Luigi Auriemma reported that xine-lib does not properly check     boundaries when processing SDP attributes of RTSP streams, leading to     heap-based buffer overflows.
  Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to play specially crafted RTSP video     streams with a player using xine-lib, potentially resulting in the     execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the     player.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Update to latest upstream security fix release, 1.1.9.1.

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=567872&group_i d=9655 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=566391&group_i d=9655

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Luigi Auriemma discovered that the Xine media player library performed insufficient input sanitising during the handling of RTSP streams, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Specially crafted rtsp-Streams could cause a buffer overflow in xine.
Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-0225)

Additionally a security update of xorg-x11 revealed a bug in xine-ui.
The xine user interface didn't display properly due to that.

xine project reports :

A new xine-lib version is now available. This release contains a security fix (remotely-exploitable buffer overflow, CVE-2008-0225). It also contains a read-past-end fix for an internal library function which is only used if the OS does not supply it and a rendering fix for Darwin/PPC.

Specially crafted rtsp-Streams could cause a buffer overflow in xine.
Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0225).

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. Although originally a xine-lib issue, also affects MPlayer due to code similarity. (CVE-2008-0225)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP (1) Title, (2) Author, or (3) Copyright attribute, related to the rmff_dump_header function, different vectors than CVE-2008-0225. Although originally a xine-lib issue, also affects MPlayer due to code similarity. (CVE-2008-0238)

Array index error in libmpdemux/demux_mov.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a QuickTime MOV file with a crafted stsc atom tag. (CVE-2008-0485)

Array index vulnerability in libmpdemux/demux_audio.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25917, and possibly earlier versions, as used in Xine-lib 1.1.10, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FLAC tag, which triggers a buffer overflow.
(CVE-2008-0486)

Buffer overflow in stream_cddb.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25824 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CDDB database entry containing a long album title.
(CVE-2008-0629)

Buffer overflow in url.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25823 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL that prevents the IPv6 parsing code from setting a pointer to NULL, which causes the buffer to be reused by the unescape code.
(CVE-2008-0630)

The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

Two vulnerabilities discovered in xine-lib allow remote execution of arbitrary code :

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. (CVE-2008-0225)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP (1) Title, (2) Author, or (3) Copyright attribute, related to the rmff_dump_header function, different vectors than CVE-2008-0225. (CVE-2008-0238)

Besides those security issues, the xine-lib provided in Mandriva Linux 2008.0 and 2007.1 did not automatically use Real binary codecs, when the user had them installed in /usr/lib64/real on x86_64 architecture.
Also, xine-lib of Mandriva Linux 2007.1 did not automatically use the Real codecs from /usr/lib/RealPlayer10GOLD/codecs, which is provided by RealPlayer package of Mandriva Powerpack editions.

The updated packages fix these issues.

Specially crafted rtsp-Streams could cause a buffer overflow in xine.
Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0225).

Additionally a security update of xorg-x11 revealed a bug in xine-ui.
The xine user interface didn't display properly due to that.

Alin Rad Pop discovered an array index vulnerability in the SDP parser. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a malicious RTSP stream, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-0073)

Luigi Auriemma discovered that xine-lib did not properly check buffer sizes in the RTSP header-handling code. If xine-lib opened an RTSP stream with crafted SDP attributes, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0238)

Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega discovered that xine-lib did not properly validate FLAC tags. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0486)

It was discovered that the ASF demuxer in xine-lib did not properly check the length if the ASF header. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted ASF file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1110)

It was discovered that the Matroska demuxer in xine-lib did not properly verify frame sizes. If xine-lib opened a crafted ASF file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1161)

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple integer overflows in xine-lib. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted FLV, MOV, RM, MVE, MKV or CAK file, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1482)

It was discovered that xine-lib did not properly validate its input when processing Speex file headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted Speex file, an attacker could create a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1686)

Guido Landi discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in xine-lib when processing NSF files. If xine-lib opened a specially crafted NSF file with a long NSF title, an attacker could create a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-1878).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
30117	GLSA-200801-12 : xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/29/2008	1/6/2021	high
29988	Fedora 8 : xine-lib-1.1.9.1-1.fc8 (2008-0718)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/16/2008	1/11/2021	medium
30064	Debian DSA-1472-1 : xine-lib - buffer overflow	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/27/2008	1/4/2021	medium
30100	SuSE 10 Security Update : xine (ZYPP Patch Number 4926)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/27/2008	1/14/2021	medium
30029	FreeBSD : libxine -- buffer overflow vulnerability (02eedd3c-c6b5-11dc-93b6-000e35248ad7)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	1/21/2008	1/6/2021	medium
30098	openSUSE 10 Security Update : xine-devel (xine-devel-4916)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/27/2008	1/14/2021	medium
37405	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:045)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/6/2021	high
36277	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDVSA-2008:020)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/6/2021	critical
30099	openSUSE 10 Security Update : xine-devel (xine-devel-4917)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/27/2008	1/14/2021	medium
33940	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : xine-lib vulnerabilities (USN-635-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/20/2008	1/19/2021	high

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