metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-19.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200505-19">
  <title>gxine: Format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gxine</product>
  <announced>May 26, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 26, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>93532</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/gxine" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="rge">0.3.3-r2</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">0.4.1-r1</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">0.4.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted
    printing in the hostname decoding function.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted
    file with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1692">CAN-2005-1692</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13707">Bugtraq ID 13707</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.0xbadexworm.org/adv/gxinefmt.txt">Original Advisory</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 24 May 2005 14:37:48 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 26 May 2005 11:13:38 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>