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Gentoo GLSA 200409-30: xine-lib Critical Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2004
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Debian security update DSA 4592-1 addresses vulnerabilities in libpng, posing a risk of unauthorized access. Prompt action is advised for all users.
xine-lib contains several vulnerabilities potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-30
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: xine-lib: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: September 22, 2004
      Bugs: #64348
        ID: 200409-30


Synopsis
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xine-lib contains several vulnerabilities potentially allowing the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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xine-lib is a multimedia library which can be utilized to create
multimedia frontends.

Affected packages
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  1  media-libs/xine-lib      <= 1_rc5-r3                     >= 1_rc6

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xine-lib contains two stack-based overflows and one heap-based
overflow. In the code reading VCD disc labels,...
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