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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200505-19
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: gxine: Format string vulnerability
      Date: May 26, 2005
      Bugs: #93532
        ID: 200505-19

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Synopsis
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A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code.

Background
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gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  media-video/gxine       < 0.4.4                      *>= 0.3.3-r2
                                                          *>= 0.4.1-r1
                                                              >= 0.4.4

Description
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Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted printing
in the hostname decoding function.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted file
with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1692
          [ 2 ] Bugtraq ID 13707
          [ 3 ] Original Advisory
        
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-19

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/