A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - xine-lib: Format string vulnerability. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: xine-lib: Format string vulnerability
Date: October 08, 2005
Bugs: #107854
ID: 200510-08
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Synopsis
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xine-lib contains a format string error in CDDB response handling that
may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background
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xine-lib is a multimedia library which can be utilized to create
multimedia frontends. It includes functions to retrieve information
about audio CD contents from public CDDB servers.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/xine-lib < 1.1.0-r5 >= 1.1.0-r5
*>= 1.0.1-r4
*>= 1_rc8-r2
Description
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Ulf Harnhammar discovered a format string bug in the routines handling
CDDB server response contents.
Impact
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An attacker could submit malicious information about an audio CD to a
public CDDB server (or impersonate a public CDDB server). When the
victim plays this CD on a multimedia frontend relying on xine-lib, it
could end up executing arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-libs/xine-lib
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2967
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-2967
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-08.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
