<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200505-19"> <title>gxine: Format string vulnerability</title> <synopsis> A format string vulnerability in gxine could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">gxine</product> <announced>2005-05-26</announced> <revised count="01">2005-05-26</revised> <bug>93532</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-video/gxine" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="rge">0.3.3-r2</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">0.4.1-r1</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">0.4.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> gxine is a GTK+ and xine-lib based media player. </p> </background> <description> <p> Exworm discovered that gxine insecurely implements formatted printing in the hostname decoding function. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted file with gxine, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All gxine users should upgrade to the latest available version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose media-video/gxine</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1692">CAN-2005-1692</uri> <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13707">Bugtraq ID 13707</uri> <uri link="http://www.0xbadexworm.org/adv/gxinefmt.txt">Original Advisory</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-05-24T14:37:48Z"> DerCorny </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-05-26T11:13:38Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>