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

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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.

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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 ======= xine-lib contains several vulnerabilities potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= xine-lib is a multimedia library which can be utilized to create multimedia frontends.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/xine-lib <= 1_rc5-r3 >= 1_rc6
========== xine-lib contains two stack-based overflows and one heap-based overflow. In the code reading VCD disc labels,...

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