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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-295-1 June 09, 2006 xine-lib vulnerability CVE-2006-2802 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 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 5.04: libxine1 1.0-1ubuntu3.7 Ubuntu 5.10: libxine1c2 1.0.1-1ubuntu10.3 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libxine-main1 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. XXX OR XXX After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP input module. By tricking an user into opening a malicious remote media location, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash Xine library frontends (like totem-xine, gxine, or xine-ui) and possibly even execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.