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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-16.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-16.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..107af43217b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-16.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200604-16"> + <title>xine-lib: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + xine-lib contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">xine-lib</product> + <announced>April 26, 2006</announced> + <revised>April 26, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>128838</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/xine-lib" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.1.2_pre20060328-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.2_pre20060328-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + xine-lib is the xine core engine. xine is a free multimedia + player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode other common + multimedia formats. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered that when handling MPEG streams + xine-lib fails to make a proper boundary check of the input data + supplied by the user before copying it to an insufficiently sized + memory buffer. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to play a specially-crafted + MPEG file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the + permissions of the user running the application. + </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_pre20060328-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1664">CVE-2006-1664</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:35:23 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:46:13 +0000"> + adir + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:31:50 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |