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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59132
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-445-1 (xmms)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to xmms
announced via advisory USN-445-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Details follow:

Sven Krewitt of Secunia Research discovered that XMMS did not correctly
handle BMP images when loading GUI skins. If a user were tricked into
loading a specially crafted skin, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
xmms 1.2.10+cvs20050209-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
xmms 1.2.10+cvs20050809-4ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
xmms 1.2.10+cvs20060429-1ubuntu2.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart XMMS or reboot your
computer to effect the necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-445-1

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0653
BugTraq ID: 23078
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23078
Bugtraq: 20070321 Secunia Research: XMMS Integer Overflow and UnderflowVulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463408/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1277 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1277
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:071
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-47/advisory/
http://secunia.com/advisories/23986
http://secunia.com/advisories/24645
http://secunia.com/advisories/24804
http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:006 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-445-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1057
XForce ISS Database: xmms-skinbitmap-code-execution(33205)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33205
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0654
XForce ISS Database: xmms-skinbitmap-bo(33203)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33203
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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