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xine-lib MPEG Stream Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19853
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Release Date:
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2006-04-27
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Last Update:
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2008-03-17
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Popularity:
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8,876 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | xine-lib 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1664
CVE-2008-1110
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Description:
Federico L. Bossi Bonin has reported a vulnerability in xine-lib, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within the handling of MPEG streams. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution via a specially-crafted MPEG file.
The vulnerability has been reported in libxine 1.14 that is distributed in xine-lib 1.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.1.10.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Federico L. Bossi Bonin
Changelog:
2008-01-29: Updated "Solution" section.
2008-03-17: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1641
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