Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xine multimedia library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2006-4799 The XFocus Security Team discovered that insufficient validation of AVI headers may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2006-4800 Michael Niedermayer discovered that a buffer overflow in the 4XM codec may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge4. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your xine-lib packages.
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xine multimedia library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
The XFocus Security Team discovered that insufficient validation of AVI headers may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Michael Niedermayer discovered that a buffer overflow in the 4XM codec may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge4.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xine-lib packages.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.