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Gentoo: 200604-15 Moderate: Xine-UI Format String Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202204-12 outlines buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libfoo leading to possible code execution. Immediate upgrade advised.
Format string vulnerabilities in xine-ui may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities Date: April 26, 2006 Bugs: #130801 ID: 200604-15

Synopsis ======= Format string vulnerabilities in xine-ui may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= xine-ui is a skin-based user interface for xine. xine is a free multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode other common multimedia formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/xine-ui < 0.99.4-r5 >= 0.99.4-r5
========== Ludwig Nussel discovered that xine-ui incorrectly implements formatted printing.
Impact ===...

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