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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-19.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200505-19">
<title>gxine: Format string vulnerability</title>
<synopsis>
A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">gxine</product>
<announced>May 26, 2005</announced>
<revised>May 26, 2005: 01</revised>
<bug>93532</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-video/gxine" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="rge">0.3.3-r2</unaffected>
<unaffected range="rge">0.4.1-r1</unaffected>
<unaffected range="ge">0.4.4</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.4.4</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted
printing in the hostname decoding function.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted
file with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1692">CAN-2005-1692</uri>
<uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13707">Bugtraq ID 13707</uri>
<uri link="http://www.0xbadexworm.org/adv/gxinefmt.txt">Original Advisory</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 24 May 2005 14:37:48 +0000">
DerCorny
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 26 May 2005 11:13:38 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>