Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xine-lib
announced via advisory DSA 657-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20657-1
Insight
A heap overflow has been discovered in the DVD subpicture decoder of xine-lib. An attacker could cause arbitrary code to be executed on the victims host by supplying a malicious MPEG. By tricking users to view a malicious network stream, this is remotely exploitable.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8-2woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1-rc6a-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxine packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1379 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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