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USN-295-1: xine-lib vulnerability

9 June 2006

xine-lib vulnerability

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Details

Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP input
module. By tricking an user into opening a malicious remote media
location, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash Xine library
frontends (like totem-xine, gxine, or xine-ui) and possibly even
execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06
  • libxine-main1 - 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.1
Ubuntu 5.10
  • libxine1c2 - 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.3
Ubuntu 5.04
  • libxine1 - 1.0-1ubuntu3.7

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
XXX OR XXX
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.

References