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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55607
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-863-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xine-lib' package(s) announced via the DSA-863-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xine-lib' package(s) announced via the DSA-863-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in the CDDB processing component of xine-lib, the xine video/media player library, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code caused by a malicious CDDB entry.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8-2woody4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxine0 and libxine1 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xine-lib' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

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-2005-2967
BugTraq ID: 15044
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15044
Debian Security Information: DSA-863 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-863
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0196.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-08.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:180
http://www.osvdb.org/19892
http://secunia.com/advisories/17097
http://secunia.com/advisories/17099/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17111
http://secunia.com/advisories/17132
http://secunia.com/advisories/17162
http://secunia.com/advisories/17179
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.415454
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:024 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-196-1
XForce ISS Database: xinelib-inputcdda-format-string(22545)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22545
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