Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gst-plugins-base0.10 announced via advisory USN-735-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.10:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-735-1
Insight
It was discovered that the Base64 decoding functions in GStreamer Base Plugins did not properly handle large images in Vorbis file tags. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Vorbis file, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-2761, CVE-2008-4564, CVE-2009-0135, CVE-2009-0136, CVE-2009-0538, CVE-2009-0585, CVE-2009-0586 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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