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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61420
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:177 (xine-lib)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to xine-lib
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:177.

Guido Landi found A stack-based buffer overflow in xine-lib
that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
(crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long NSF title
(CVE-2008-1878).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2008.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:177

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1878
BugTraq ID: 28816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28816
Debian Security Information: DSA-1586 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5458
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00536.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00571.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:177
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178
http://secunia.com/advisories/29850
http://secunia.com/advisories/30021
http://secunia.com/advisories/30337
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581
http://secunia.com/advisories/31372
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:012 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1247/references
XForce ISS Database: xinelib-demuxnsfsendchunk-bo(41865)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41865
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