CVE-2008-5240

Publication date 26 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, relies on an untrusted input value to determine the memory allocation and does not check the result for (1) the MATROSKA_ID_TR_CODECPRIVATE track entry element processed by demux_matroska.c; and (2) PROP_TAG, (3) MDPR_TAG, and (4) CONT_TAG chunks processed by the real_parse_headers function in demux_real.c; which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted value.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xine-lib	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu1.4
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.10

Notes

mdeslaur

the demux_matroska.c part is fixed by patch in CVE-2008-5236

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
xine-lib	Upstream: http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=01753933e6647ed29226f18e4489ce034b569d65;style=gitweb Upstream: http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib/?cmd=changeset;node=071dc93156e6940a7f1b8bb38762d521dd5731e8;style=gitweb

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)