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Ubuntu: USN-359-1 High: ffmpeg and xine-lib Arbitrary Code Execution

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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-358-1 October
XFOCUS Security Team discovered that the AVI decoder used in xine-lib did not correctly validate certain headers

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update arbitrary code execution ubuntu xine-lib ffmpeg media player exploit

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References

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-358-1 October 04, 2006

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update arbitrary code execution ubuntu xine-lib ffmpeg media player exploit

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