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xine-lib: buffer overflow

Package(s):xine-lib CVE #(s):CVE-2008-1110
Created:August 7, 2008 Updated:August 21, 2008
Description: xine-lib has a buffer overflow vulnerability. From the National Vulnerability Database entry: Buffer overflow in demuxers/demux_asf.c (aka the ASF demuxer) in the xineplug_dmx_asf.so plugin in xine-lib before 1.1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ASF header.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:178 2008-08-20
Ubuntu USN-635-1 2008-08-06
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