Package : xine-lib Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1379 BugTraq ID : 11205
A heap overflow has been discovered in the DVD subpicture decoder of xine-lib. An attacker could cause arbitrary code to be executed on the victims host by supplying a malicious MPEG. By tricking users to view a malicious network stream, this is remotely exploitable.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8-2woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1-rc6a-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxine packages.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------