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Gentoo: Kaffeine Buffer overflow Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo Kaffeine is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200604-04
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Kaffeine: Buffer overflow
      Date: April 05, 2006
      Bugs: #127326
        ID: 200604-04

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Synopsis
========

Kaffeine is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

Kaffeine is a graphical front-end for the xine-lib multimedia library.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package               /  Vulnerable  /                 Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  media-video/kaffeine     < 0.7.1-r2                   >= 0.7.1-r2

Description
===========

Kaffeine uses an unchecked buffer when fetching remote RAM playlists
via HTTP.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to play a specially-crafted RAM
playlist resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running the application.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r2"

References
==========

  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0051
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0051
  [ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: Kaffeine buffer overflow
        http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060404-1.txt

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-04.xml

Concerns?
=========

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 2006 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/2.0
 
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