CVE-2006-2230
Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in xiTK (xitk/main.c) in xine 0.99.4 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via format string specifiers in an MP3 filename specified on the command line. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1905. In addition, if the only attack vectors involve a user-assisted, local command line argument of a non-setuid program, this issue might not be a vulnerability.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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Exploits
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Exploit-DB
Xine 0.99.x - Filename Handling Remote Format String
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17769/info
The xine package is susceptible to a remote format-string vulnerability.
This issue arises when the application handles specially crafted filenames. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious filename that contains format specifiers and then coercing unsuspecting users to try to execute the affected application with the malicious filename as an argument.
A successful attack may crash the application or lead to arbitrary code execution.
Version 0.99.4 of xine is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.
The following command is sufficient to demonstrate this issue:
xine %p-%p.mp3
This will result in a file-not-found dialog being displayed. The dialog will report that the file that was not found has a name similar to '0x811ac8e-0xbe1fdabc.mp3'OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.99.4-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.99.4-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.99.4-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.99.4-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.99.4-2 |
References
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