Fedora Core 3 : perl-5.8.5-14.FC3 (2005-600)

Paul Szabo discovered another vulnerability in the File::Path::rmtree function of perl, the popular scripting language. When a process is deleting a directory tree, a different user could exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in this directory tree, provided that he already had write...

Slackware 10.0 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2004-266-04)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-266-04. The text itself is copyright C...

FreeBSD : libxine -- multiple vulnerabilities in VideoCD handling (b6939d5b-64a1-11d9-9106-000a95bc6fae)

A xine security announcement states : Several string overflows on the stack have been fixed in xine-lib, some of them can be used for remote buffer overflow exploits leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running a xine-lib based media application. Stack-based...

Slackware 9.1 / current : xine-lib update (SSA:2004-124-03)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a security issue where playing a specially crafted Real RTSP stream could run malicious code as the user playing the stream. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in th...

Slackware 9.1 / current : xine security update (SSA:2004-111-01)

New xine packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-111-01. The text itself is copyright C Slackware...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2005-121-02)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. The xine frontends have also been upgraded. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisor...

gxine: Format string vulnerability

Background gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player. Description Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted printing in the hostname decoding function. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted file with gxine, possibly leading to the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1349

Buffer overflow in Convert-UUlib Convert::UUlib before 1.051 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed parameter to a read operation...

CVE-2005-1195

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle 1 MMS over TCP MMST streams or 2 RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib before 1.0, and other products that use xine-lib such as MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code...

xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. The xine frontends have also been upgraded. For more details on the xine-lib security issues, see: http://xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-8 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1...

CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library...

CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library...

CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library...

GLSA-200504-27 : xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-27 xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP MMST. Impact : By setting up a malicious server and enticing a...

xine-lib: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

Background xine-lib is a multimedia library which can be utilized to create multimedia frontends. Description Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP MMST. Impact By setting up a malicious server and enticing a user to use i...

CVE-2005-1195

CVE-2005-1195 affects xine-lib before 1.0 and products using it (e.g., MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier). Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in MMS over TCP (MMST) and RealMedia RTSP stream handling allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Impact: code execution with the user’s privileges; ...

CVE-2005-1195

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle 1 MMS over TCP MMST streams or 2 RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib before 1.0, and other products that use xine-lib such as MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2005-1195

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle 1 MMS over TCP MMST streams or 2 RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib before 1.0, and other products that use xine-lib such as MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code...

RHEL 4 : alsa-lib (RHSA-2005:033)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:033 advisory. The alsa-lib package provides a library of functions for communication with kernel sound drivers. A flaw in the alsa mixer code was discovered that...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: alsa-lib security update

An updated alsa-lib package that fixes a flaw that disabled stack execution protection is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The alsa-lib package provides a library of functions for...