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Slackware 10.2: 2005-283-01 Critical: Xine-Lib Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2005
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New revisions for xine-lib rolled out to fix a vulnerability involving format strings that could enable code execution while playing media files.
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to xine-lib-1.0.3a. This fixes a format string bug where an attacker, if able to upload malicious information to a CDDB server and then get a local user to play a certain audio CD, may be able to run arbitrary code on the machine as the user running the xine-lib linked application. For more information, see: http://xinehq.de (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update code execution format string slackware xine-lib

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.1 package: a7e30f447b04a3d3cf27c2ecec1e8a0b xine-lib-1rc4-i686-2.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: 09cef11a4e5f3bddcf23a86419e2ffcf xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 5032e15ac5118effdfac672afa1c086f xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package: ad6ed7f47bf6e7b6f656733c0c3cfe2a xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: ad6ed7f47bf6e7b6f656733c0c3cfe2a xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update code execution format string slackware xine-lib

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xine-lib-1.0.3a-i686-1.tgz