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Subject:    [SA19853] xine-lib MPEG Stream Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
From:       Secunia Security Advisories <sec-adv () secunia ! com>
Date:       2006-04-27 15:32:04
Message-ID: 20060427153204.11989.qmail () secunia ! com
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TITLE:
xine-lib MPEG Stream Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19853

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19853/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
xine-lib 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3410/

DESCRIPTION:
Federico L. Bossi Bonin has reported a vulnerability in xine-lib,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.

The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within the
handling of MPEG streams. This can be exploited to cause a  buffer
overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution via a
specially-crafted MPEG file.

The vulnerability has been reported in libxine 1.14 that is
distributed in xine-lib 1.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not play MPEG files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Federico L. Bossi Bonin

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1641

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