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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:36 am    Post subject: [ GLSA 200505-19 ] gxine: Format string vulnerability Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: gxine: Format string vulnerability (GLSA 200505-19)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: May 26, 2005
Bug(s): #93532
ID: 200505-19

Synopsis


A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code.


Background


gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player.


Affected Packages

Package: media-video/gxine
Vulnerable: < 0.4.4
Unaffected: >= 0.3.3-r2 < 0.3.4
Unaffected: >= 0.4.1-r1 < 0.4.2
Unaffected: >= 0.4.4
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted
printing in the hostname decoding function.


Impact


A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted
file with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine


References

CAN-2005-1692
Bugtraq ID 13707
Original Advisory


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