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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-435-1 March 12, 2007 xine-lib vulnerability CVE-2007-1387 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.9 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.7 Ubuntu 6.10: libxine1 1.1.2+repacked1-0ubuntu3.4 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Moritz Jodeit discovered that the DirectShow loader of Xine did not correctly validate the size of an allocated buffer. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.