PT-2008-1882 · Xine · Xine-Lib

Published 2008-01-11 · Updated 2008-09-11 · CVE-2008-0238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xine-lib version 1.1.9

Description The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rmff dump cont function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved via the SDP Title, Author, or Copyright attribute. The rmff dump header function is also related to this issue.

Recommendations For xine-lib version 1.1.9, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0238

Affected Products

Xine-Lib

References · 10

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0238 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28384 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28955 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28674 · Note