__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN XMMS [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1277-1] April 13, 2007 18:00 GMT Number R-211 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Multiple errors have been found in the skin handling routines in xmms, the X Multimedia System. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (stable) DAMAGE: These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code as the user running xmms by inducing the victim to load specially crafted interface skin files. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. Could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code ASSESSMENT: as the user running xmms by inducing the victim to load specially crafted interface skin files. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-211.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1277 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-0654 CVE-2007-0653 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1277-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1277-1 XMMS -- several vulnerabilities Date Reported: 04 Apr 2007 Affected Packages: xmms Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 416423. In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 23078. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-0654, CVE-2007-0653. More information: Multiple errors have been found in the skin handling routines in xmms, the X Multimedia System. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code as the user running xmms by inducing the victim to load specially crafted interface skin files. For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1. For the upcoming stable distrubution (etch) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in versions 1:1.2.10+20061101-1etch1 and 1:1.2.10+20070401-1, respectively. We recommend that you upgrade your xmms packages. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (stable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209.orig.tar.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1.dsc Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_ia64.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_m68k.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms-dev_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmms/xmms_1.2.10+cvs20050209-2sarge1_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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