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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61566
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-7512 (xine-lib)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to xine-lib
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-7512.

Update Information:

This release fixes multiple bugs and security issues: - DoS via corrupted Ogg
files (CVE-2008-3231) - multiple possible buffer overflows detailed in
oCERT-2008-008 For more details, see:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869&group_id=9655
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-008.html NOTE: A coordinated
release with 3rd-party repos was not possible, so this update may result in
dependency issues with currently-installed xine-lib-extras-* rpms. This
temporary problem will be rectified asap.
ChangeLog:

* Wed Aug 20 2008 Rex Dieter - 1.1.15-1
- xine-lib-1.1.15, plugin ABI 1.24 (rh#455752, CVE-2008-3231)
- Obsoletes: -arts (f9+)
* Sun Apr 27 2008 Kevin Kofler - 1.1.12-3
- rebuild for new ImageMagick (6.4.0.10)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #456057 - CVE-2008-3231 xine-lib: crash on zzuf test case lol-ffplay.ogg
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456057

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update xine-lib' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-7512

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3231
BugTraq ID: 30699
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30699
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020703
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:004 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2382
XForce ISS Database: xine-ogg-dos(44040)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44040
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