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[ GLSA 200411-14 ] Kaffeine,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Luke Macken)
Mon Nov 8 19:23:38 2004
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:22:46 -0500
From: Luke Macken <lewk@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-14:01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Kaffeine, gxine: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow
Date: November 07, 2004
Bugs: #69663, #70055
ID: 200411-14:01
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Synopsis
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Kaffeine and gxine both contain a buffer overflow that can be exploited
when accessing content from a malicious HTTP server with specially
crafted headers.
Background
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Kaffeine and gxine are graphical front-ends for xine-lib multimedia
library.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/kaffeine < 0.5_rc1-r1 >=3D 0.5_rc1-r1
*>=3D 0.4.3b-r1
2 media-video/gxine < 0.3.3-r1 >=3D 0.3.3-r1
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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KF of Secure Network Operations has discovered an overflow that occurs
during the Content-Type header processing of Kaffeine. The vulnerable
code in Kaffeine is reused from gxine, making gxine vulnerable as well.
Impact
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An attacker could create a specially-crafted Content-type header from a
malicious HTTP server, and crash a user's instance of Kaffeine or
gxine, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dmedia-video/kaffeine-0.4.3b-r1"
All gxine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dmedia-video/gxine-0.3.3-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] SecurityTracker Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Oct/1011936.html
[ 2 ] gxine Bug Report
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=3Ddetail&aid=3D106029=
9&group_id=3D9655&atid=3D109655
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-14.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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