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  2. USN-392-1

USN-392-1: xine-lib vulnerability

Publication date

4 December 2006

Overview

xine-lib vulnerability

Releases

Details

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Real Media input plugin in
xine-lib. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted
stream from a malicious server, the attacker could execute arbitrary
code with the user’s privileges.

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Real Media input plugin in
xine-lib. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted
stream from a malicious server, the attacker could execute arbitrary
code with the user’s privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.10 edgy libxine1 –  1.1.2+repacked1-0ubuntu3.2
6.06 dapper libxine-main1 –  1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.5
5.10 breezy libxine1c2 –  1.0.1-1ubuntu10.7

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