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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200701-18">
+ <title>xine-ui: Format string vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ xine-ui improperly handles format strings, possibly allowing for the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">xine-ui</product>
+ <announced>2007-01-23</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-01-23</revised>
+ <bug>161558</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/xine-ui" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.99.5_pre20060716</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.99.5_pre20060716</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ xine-ui is a skin-based user interface for xine. xine is a free
+ multimedia player. It plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs, and can also decode
+ other common multimedia formats.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Due to the improper handling and use of format strings, the
+ errors_create_window() function in errors.c does not safely write data
+ to memory.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file
+ with xine-ui, and possibly execute arbitrary code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All xine-ui users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20060716"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0254">CVE-2007-0254</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-01-17T22:36:36Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-01-17T22:40:52Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-01-18T01:55:17Z">
+ shellsage
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>