xine-lib Matroska demuxer buffer overflow
| xinelib-demuxer-bo (41172) |  High Risk |
Description:
xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c). By sending a specially-crafted Matroska file with invalid frame sizes, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- Xine, xine-lib prior to 1.1.10
Remedy:
Apply the apprpriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- hg/xine-lib/xine-lib / changeset, Mon Feb 04 15:08:25 2008 +0000, Check block sizes & frame sizes. Use unsigned variables where appropriate at http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=a62d6f482a69;style=gitweb.
- xine Web site, xine - A Free Video Player at http://xinehq.de/.
- BID-28543: xine-lib Matroska Demuxer Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1161: Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.
- DSA-1536: libxine -- several vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:178: xine-lib
- SUSE-SR:2008:006: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-635-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities
Reported:
Feb 04, 2008
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