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title: "CVE-2005-2967\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-2967

Publication date 14 October 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Format string vulnerability in input\_cdda.c in xine-lib 1-beta through
1-beta 3, 1-rc, 1.0 through 1.0.2, and 1.1.1 allows remote servers to
execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in metadata in CDDB
server responses when the victim plays a CD.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xine-extracodecs | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu1-2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu1-2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu1-2 |
| xine-lib | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.1.4-2ubuntu3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.1.2+repacked1-0ubuntu3.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.7 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2967)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2967)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2967)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2967)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2967>
