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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-445-1 March 27, 2007 xmms vulnerabilities CVE-2007-0653, CVE-2007-0654 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: xmms 1.2.10+cvs20050209-2ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: xmms 1.2.10+cvs20050809-4ubuntu5.1 Ubuntu 6.10: xmms 1.2.10+cvs20060429-1ubuntu2.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart XMMS or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Sven Krewitt of Secunia Research discovered that XMMS did not correctly handle BMP images when loading GUI skins. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted skin, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.