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TITLE:
xine-lib FLAC Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28801

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28801/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
xine-lib 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3410/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in xine-lib, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"open_flac_file()" function in src/demuxers/demux_flac.c. This can be
exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted FLAC file.

This is related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA28779

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.10. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted FLAC files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega, Core Security Technologies

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28779:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28779/

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