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Gentoo: GLSA-200708-02 Normal: Xvid Array Indexing Risk of Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2007
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Alert regarding newly discovered weaknesses in Xvid that may enable remote code execution. Immediate upgrade is advised to ensure security.
Several array indexing vulnerabilities were discovered in Xvid, possibly allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Xvid: Array indexing vulnerabilities Date: August 08, 2007 Bugs: #183145 ID: 200708-02

Synopsis ======= Several array indexing vulnerabilities were discovered in Xvid, possibly allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Xvid is a popular open source video codec licensed under the GPL.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/xvid < 1.1.3 >= 1.1.3
========== Trixter Jack discovered an array indexing error in the get_intra_block() function in the file src/bitstream/mbcoding.c. The get_inter_block_h263() and g...

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