PT-2008-6380 · Xine · Xine-Lib

Published 2008-11-26 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xine-lib versions 1.1.12 through 1.1.14

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the real parse mdpr function, which can be triggered by a crafted stream name size field. This can lead to a denial of service (crash) or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 1.1.12 through 1.1.14, update to version 1.1.15 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5238

Affected Products

Xine-Lib

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5238 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30797 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703 · Note
• http://ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31827 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44650 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded · Note