metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-15.xml

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

<glsa id="200604-15">
  <title>xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Format string vulnerabilities in xine-ui may lead to the execution of
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xine-ui</product>
  <announced>April 26, 2006</announced>
  <revised>April 26, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>130801</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/xine-ui" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.99.4-r5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.99.4-r5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    xine-ui is a skin-based user interface for xine. xine is a free
    multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode
    other common multimedia formats.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Ludwig Nussel discovered that xine-ui incorrectly implements
    formatted printing.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By constructing a malicious playlist file, a remote attacker could
    exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights
    of the user running the application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All xine-ui users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/xine-ui-0.99.4-r5&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1905">CVE-2006-1905</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:05:30 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:24:14 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:57:00 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>