xine-lib: Buffer overflow

1.  Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Version Information

Related bugreports: #139319

Synopsis

A buffer overflow has been found in the libmms library shipped with xine-lib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

2.  Impact Information

Background

xine-lib is the core library of xine, a multimedia player.

Description

There is a stack based overflow in the libmms library included with xine-lib which can be triggered by malicious use of the send_command, string_utf16, get_data and get_media_packet functions.

Impact

A remote attacker could design a malicious media file that would trigger the overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

3.  Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2"

4.  References

• CVE-2006-2200