TITLE: xine-lib MPEG Stream Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA19853 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/19853/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: xine-lib 1.x http://secunia.com/product/3410/ DESCRIPTION: Federico L. Bossi Bonin has reported a vulnerability in xine-lib, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within the handling of MPEG streams. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution via a specially-crafted MPEG file. The vulnerability has been reported in libxine 1.14 that is distributed in xine-lib 1.1.1. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not play MPEG files from untrusted sources. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Federico L. Bossi Bonin ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1641 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------