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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-392-1 December 04, 2006 xine-lib vulnerability CVE-2006-6172 =========================================================== 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: libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.7 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.5 Ubuntu 6.10: libxine1 1.1.2+repacked1-0ubuntu3.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A buffer overflow was discovered in the Real Media input plugin in xine-lib. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted stream from a malicious server, the attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.