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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-6172: xine-lib: Buffer overflow

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-6172: xine-lib: Buffer overflow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/30/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/29/2021

Description

Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-xine-lib
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-mplayer

References

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