47746 : xine-lib src/demuxers/demux_mng.c mymng_process_header() Function Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-08-22

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5237" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted width and height values that are not validated by the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c before use in an allocation calculation or (2) crafted current_atom_size and string_size values processed by the parse_reference_atom function in demux_qt.c for an RDRF_ATOM string.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.15 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-5237 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 30797
Secunia Advisory ID: 31567 31827 33544 33676 33849 39949
Related OSVDB ID: 47741 47742 47743 47744 47745 47747 47748
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0225.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2009-January/000829.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869&group_id=9655
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201006-04.xml
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-008.html
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-11-26 | Disagree?

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