Ubuntu Security Notice USN-295-1
9th June, 2006
xine-lib vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP input
module. By tricking an user into opening a malicious remote media
location, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash Xine library
frontends (like totem-xine, gxine, or xine-ui) and possibly even
execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.3
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- libxine1 1.0-1ubuntu3.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
XXX OR XXX
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.