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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56459
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1005-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xine-lib' package(s) announced via the DSA-1005-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xine-lib' package(s) announced via the DSA-1005-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Simon Kilvington discovered that specially crafted PNG images can trigger a heap overflow in libavcodec, the multimedia library of ffmpeg, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. xine-lib includes a local copy of libavcodec.

The old stable distribution (woody) isn't affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1.5.

We recommend that you upgrade your xine-lib package.

Affected Software/OS:
'xine-lib' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-4048
BugTraq ID: 15743
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743
Debian Security Information: DSA-1004 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
Debian Security Information: DSA-1005 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
Debian Security Information: DSA-992 (Google Search)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770
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