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Gentoo: 200612-02 Normal: xine-lib Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
xine-lib is susceptible to a buffer overflow flaw in the Real Media input plugin, which could enable the execution of harmful code. Take immediate precautions!
xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the Real Media input plugin, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: xine-lib: Buffer overflow Date: December 09, 2006 Bugs: #156645 ID: 200612-02

Synopsis ======= xine-lib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the Real Media input plugin, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= xine is a 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-r3 >= 1.1.2-r3
========== A possible buffer overflow has been reported in the Real Media input plugin.
Impact ===== An attacker could exploit this vulnerabili...

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