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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-08.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1ff0c297 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200609-08"> + <title>xine-lib: Buffer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + xine-lib is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could be exploited + to execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">xine-lib</product> + <announced>September 13, 2006</announced> + <revised>September 13, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>133520</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/xine-lib" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.1.2-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.2-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + xine is a high performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback + engine. xine-lib is xine's core engine. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + xine-lib contains buffer overflows in the processing of AVI. + Additionally, xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP + plugin (xineplug_inp_http.so) via a long reply from an HTTP server. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could trigger the buffer overflow vulnerabilities by + enticing a user to load a specially crafted AVI file in xine. This + might result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the + user running xine. Additionally, a remote HTTP server serving a xine + client a specially crafted reply could crash xine and possibly execute + arbitrary code. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2802">CVE-2006-2802</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:11:30 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:33:52 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:13:19 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |