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[GLSA-200504-27] xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200504-27

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-27
(xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities)


Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP
and Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP (MMST).

Impact

By setting up a malicious server and enticing a user to use its
streaming data, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code
on the client computer with the permissions of the user running any
multimedia frontend making use of the xine-lib library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-8


Solution:
All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-libs/xine-lib


Risk factor : Medium