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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-07.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..81ae5353 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200501-07"> + <title>xine-lib: Multiple overflows</title> + <synopsis> + xine-lib contains multiple overflows potentially allowing execution of + arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">xine-lib</product> + <announced>January 06, 2005</announced> + <revised>January 06, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>74475</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/xine-lib" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1_rc8-r1</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">1_rc6-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1_rc8-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + xine-lib is a multimedia library which can be utilized to create + multimedia frontends. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Ariel Berkman discovered that xine-lib reads specific input data + into an array without checking the input size in demux_aiff.c, making + it vulnerable to a buffer overflow (CAN-2004-1300) . iDefense + discovered that the PNA_TAG handling code in pnm_get_chunk() does not + check if the input size is larger than the buffer size (CAN-2004-1187). + iDefense also discovered that in this same function, a negative value + could be given to an unsigned variable that specifies the read length + of input data (CAN-2004-1188). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could craft a malicious movie or convince a + targeted user to connect to a malicious PNM server, which could result + in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running + any xine-lib frontend. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-libs/xine-lib</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1187">CAN-2004-1187</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1188">CAN-2004-1188</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1300">CAN-2004-1300</uri> + <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=176&type=vulnerabilities">iDefense Advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=177&type=vulnerabilities">iDefense Advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/xine-lib.txt">Ariel Berkman Advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:06:44 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:57:50 +0000"> + SeJo + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:50:09 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |