Package : xine-lib Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : local(remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-4799 CVE-2006-4800 Debian Bug : 369876
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xine multimedia library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2006-4799
The XFocus Security Team discovered that insufficient validiation of AVI headers may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-4800
Michael Niedermayer discovered that a buffer overflow in the 4XM codec may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge4.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xine-lib 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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------