<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200607-07"> <title>xine-lib: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">xine-lib</product> <announced>2006-07-20</announced> <revised count="01">2006-07-20</revised> <bug>139319</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-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player. </p> </background> <description> <p> There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command, string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of 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="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2200">CVE-2006-2200</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-07-12T17:17:02Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-07-12T20:18:19Z"> daxomatic </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-07-17T16:55:34Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>