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.