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Mandriva Update for xine-lib MDVSA-2008:177 (xine-lib)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mandrake Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
Check for the Version of xine-lib
Insight
Insight
Guido Landi found A stack-based buffer overflow in xine-lib that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long NSF title (CVE-2008-1878). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
xine-lib on Mandriva Linux 2008.1, Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.