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[DSA1105] DSA-1105-1 xine-lib

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1105-1 xine-lib

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP
Plugin in xine-lib, the xine video/media player library, that could
permit a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.8-2woody5.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1-1sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.1-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxine packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1105
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 18187

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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