DSA-863-1 xine-lib -- format string vulnerability

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-863-1 xine-lib -- format string vulnerability

Date Reported:

12 Oct 2005

Affected Packages:

xine-lib

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 332919.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2967.

More information:

Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in the CDDB processing component of xine-lib, the xine video/media player library, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code caused by a malicious CDDB entry.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8-2woody4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxine0 and libxine1 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_0.9.8-2woody4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_0.9.8-2woody4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_0.9.8.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_0.9.8-2woody4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine0_0.9.8-2woody4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_1.0.1-1sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/xine-lib_1.0.1-1sarge1.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_1.0.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine-dev_1.0.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xine-lib/libxine1_1.0.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb

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