Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-435-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Moritz Jodeit discovered that the DirectShow loader of Xine did not correctly validate the size of an allocated buffer. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
xine-lib vulnerability on Ubuntu 5.10 ,
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-1387 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
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