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Gentoo: 200803-08 Normal: Multiple Win32 Codecs Remote Risks

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2008
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Several security flaws in Gentoo's Win32 codecs present a risk of exploitation. Update recommended for protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Win32 codecs for Linux may result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-08
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Win32 binary codecs: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: March 04, 2008
      Bugs: #150288
        ID: 200803-08


Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in the Win32 codecs for Linux may result in
the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Win32 binary codecs provide support for video and audio playback.

Affected packages
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     Package                 /    Vulnerable    /           Unaffected
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  1  media-libs/win32codecs      < 20071007-r2          >= 20071007-r2

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Multiple buffer overflow, heap overflow, and integer overflow
vulnerabilities were discovered in the Quicktime plug...
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