Ubuntu Security Notice USN-392-1
4th December, 2006
xine-lib vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- libxine1 1.1.2+repacked1-0ubuntu3.2
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.5
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.7
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.