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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.358.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-358-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ffmpeg, kino, xine-lib' package(s) announced via the USN-358-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ffmpeg, kino, xine-lib' package(s) announced via the USN-358-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
XFOCUS Security Team discovered that the AVI decoder used in xine-lib did not
correctly validate certain headers. By tricking a user into playing an AVI
with malicious headers, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the
target user's privileges. (CVE-2006-4799)

Multiple integer overflows were discovered in ffmpeg and tools that contain a
copy of ffmpeg (like xine-lib and kino), for several types of video formats.
By tricking a user into running a video player that uses ffmpeg on a stream
with malicious content, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the
target user's privileges. (CVE-2006-4800)

Affected Software/OS:
'ffmpeg, kino, xine-lib' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06.

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-2006-4799
Debian Security Information: DSA-1215 (Google Search)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1215
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-09.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/22230
http://secunia.com/advisories/23010
http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:073 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-358-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4800
BugTraq ID: 20009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20009
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:175
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:176
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133520
http://secunia.com/advisories/21921
http://secunia.com/advisories/22180
http://secunia.com/advisories/22181
http://secunia.com/advisories/22182
http://secunia.com/advisories/22198
http://secunia.com/advisories/22200
http://secunia.com/advisories/22201
http://secunia.com/advisories/22202
http://secunia.com/advisories/22203
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