Ubuntu Security Notice USN-433-1
8th March, 2007
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
Moritz Jodeit discovered that the DMO loader of Xine did not correctly
validate the size of an allocated buffer. By tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted media file, an 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+repacked1-0ubuntu3.3
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.6
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.8
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.