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gxine: format string vulnerability

Package(s):

gxine

CVE #(s):

CAN-2005-1692

Created:

May 26, 2005

Updated:

July 23, 2005

Description:

The gxine media player has a format string vulnerability in the hostname decoding function. A specially crafted file can be used to cause a user to execute arbitrary code.

Alerts:

Slackware	SSA:2005-203-04	2005-07-23
Gentoo	200505-19	2005-05-26

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