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Gentoo Linux: GLSA 200609-08 Normal: xine-lib Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo's GLSA 202304-12 outlines vulnerabilities in GIMP's image processing capabilities, urging users to apply patches for enhanced security.
xine-lib is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: xine-lib: Buffer overflows Date: September 13, 2006 Bugs: #133520 ID: 200609-08

Synopsis ======= xine-lib is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= xine is a high performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine. xine-lib is xine's core engine.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/xine-lib < 1.1.2-r2 >= 1.1.2-r2
========== xine-lib contains buffer overflows in the processing of AVI. Additionally, xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP plugin ...

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