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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50478 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu 4.10 USN-42-1 (xine-lib) |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to xine-lib announced via advisory USN-42-1. Several buffer overflows have been discovered in xine-lib, the video/audio codec library for Xine frontends (xine-ui, totem-xine, kaffeine, and others). If an attacker tricked a user into loading a malicious RTSP stream or a stream with specially crafted AIFF audio or PNM image data, they could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the audio/video file. The following packages are affected: libxine1 Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1-rc5-1ubuntu2.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2004-December/000044.html Risk factor : High |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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