Xine .OGG file denial of service
| xine-ogg-dos (44040) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Xine is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling certain .OGG files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .OGG file, a remote attacker could cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Xine (xine-lib 1.1.15 or later), available from the Xine-lib Web site. See References.
References:
- Hanno Boeck Web site: How long does it take to fix a crash-bug?.
- oss-security Mailing List, Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:46:14 +0200: CVE requests: crashers by zzuf.
- Xine-lib Web site: xine-lib.
- BID-30699: xine-lib OGG Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3231: xine-lib before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file, as demonstrated by playing lol-ffplay.ogg with xine.
- GLSA-201006-04: xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
- MDVSA-2009:020: xine-lib
- MDVSA-2009:319: xine-lib
- SECTRACK ID: 1020703: xine-lib Bugs in Processing Media Files Lets Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2009:004: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-710-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2382: xine-lib Multiple Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Xine xine
Reported:
Jul 13, 2008
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