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[ GLSA 200411-14 ] Kaffeine, gxine: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow
From: Luke Macken <lewk () gentoo org>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:22:46 -0500
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-14:01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Kaffeine, gxine: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow Date: November 07, 2004 Bugs: #69663, #70055 ID: 200411-14:01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Kaffeine and gxine both contain a buffer overflow that can be exploited when accessing content from a malicious HTTP server with specially crafted headers. Background ========== Kaffeine and gxine are graphical front-ends for xine-lib multimedia library. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/kaffeine < 0.5_rc1-r1 >= 0.5_rc1-r1 *>= 0.4.3b-r1 2 media-video/gxine < 0.3.3-r1 >= 0.3.3-r1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== KF of Secure Network Operations has discovered an overflow that occurs during the Content-Type header processing of Kaffeine. The vulnerable code in Kaffeine is reused from gxine, making gxine vulnerable as well. Impact ====== An attacker could create a specially-crafted Content-type header from a malicious HTTP server, and crash a user's instance of Kaffeine or gxine, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/kaffeine-0.4.3b-r1" All gxine users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/gxine-0.3.3-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] SecurityTracker Advisory http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Oct/1011936.html [ 2 ] gxine Bug Report http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1060299&group_id=9655&atid=109655 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-14.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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