xine gxine 0.41/0.42/0.43/0.44 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in xine gxine 0.41/0.42/0.43/0.44. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1692. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xine gxine 0.41/0.42/0.43/0.44 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in gxine 0.4.1 through 0.4.4, and other versions down to 0.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ram file with a URL whose hostname contains format string specifiers.

The bug was discovered 05/26/2005. The weakness was presented 05/21/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1692 since 05/24/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18383 (GLSA-200505-19 : gxine: Format string vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20797), Tenable (18383), SecurityFocus (BID 13707†), OSVDB (16747†) and Secunia (SA15451†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18383
Nessus Name: GLSA-200505-19 : gxine: Format string vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 54418
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-203-04 gxine format string vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/11/2015 +3439 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1692 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1692
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25298
X-Force: 20797
SecurityFocus: 13707 - GXINE Remote Hostname Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 15451 - gxine HTTP URL Hostname Format String Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 16747 - gxine HTTP URL Hostname Format String
Vulnerability Center: 9368 - Gxine 0.4-0.4.4 Format String Vulnerability via RAM File with Malicious URL, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-0626

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/10/2019 10:00
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (73), 06/10/2019 10:00 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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