DSA-1215-1 xine-lib -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-4799   CVE-2006-4800  

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.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1215-1 xine-lib -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
20 Nov 2006
Affected Packages:
xine-lib
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 369876.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4799, CVE-2006-4800.
More information:

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.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_1.0.1-1sarge4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_1.0.1-1sarge4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.