xine 0.99.4 setuid Program line denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in xine 0.99.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component setuid Program. This manipulation of the argument line causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-2230. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xine 0.99.4 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component setuid Program. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in xiTK (xitk/main.c) in xine 0.99.4 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via format string specifiers in an MP3 filename specified on the command line. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1905. In addition, if the only attack vectors involve a user-assisted, local command line argument of a non-setuid program, this issue might not be a vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 04/29/2006. The weakness was published 05/05/2006 by KaDaL-X (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2230 since 05/05/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22635 (Debian DSA-1093-1 : xine - format string), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26216), Exploit-DB (27791), Tenable (22635), SecurityFocus (BID 17769†) and OSVDB (25606†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 22635
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1093-1 : xine - format string
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OpenVAS ID: 56922
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1093-1 (xine-ui)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: KaDaL-X
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2230 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2230
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30085
X-Force: 26216
SecurityFocus: 17769 - Xine Filename Handling Remote Format String Vulnerability
OSVDB: 25606 - CVE-2006-2230 - Xine - Format String Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15473 - Xine Format String Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/27/2025 01:33
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (68), 07/21/2019 07:49 (11), 01/27/2025 01:33 (27)
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