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>> Xine-lib FLAC File Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Xine-lib FLAC File Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0421
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0486
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-06
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A vulnerability has been identified in Xine-lib, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when parsing FLAC file comments, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted file.
Affected Products
Xine-lib version 1.1.10 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies).
ChangeLog
2008-02-06 : Initial release
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