Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xine-lib
announced via advisory DSA 1244-1.
It was discovered that the Xine multimedia library performs insufficient sanitising of Real streams, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1sarge5.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your xine-lib packages.
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Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6172 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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