Upstream information

CVE-2008-5239 at MITRE

Description

xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not properly handle (a) negative and (b) zero values during unspecified read function calls in input_file.c, input_net.c, input_smb.c, and input_http.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors such as (1) a file or (2) an HTTP response, which triggers consequences such as out-of-bounds reads and heap-based buffer overflows.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 419541 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 492767 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • libxine-devel >= 1.1.15-23.3.9
  • libxine1 >= 1.1.15-23.3.9
  • libxine1-32bit >= 1.1.15-23.3.9
  • libxine1-gnome-vfs >= 1.1.15-23.3.9
  • libxine1-pulse >= 1.1.15-23.3.9
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libxine-devel-1.1.15-23.3.9

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:38:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:30 2025