>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes Xine-lib and FFmpeg Remote Vulnerability
Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Xine-lib and FFmpeg Remote Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0132 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4048
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-11
Technical Description
Gentoo has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Xine-lib and FFmpeg. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "avcodec_default_get_buffer()" [utils.c] function of FFmpeg libavcodec that does not properly handle specially crafted "png" files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious image. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2770
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