Security
Security
A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | media-libs/xine-lib on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.1.2-r2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.1.2-r2 |
xine-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player.
There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command, string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions.
A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"
Release date
July 20, 2006
Latest revision
July 20, 2006: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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