Kaffeine is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-video/kaffeine | * | < 0.7.1-r2 | >= 0.7.1-r2 |
Kaffeine is a graphical front-end for the xine-lib multimedia library.
Kaffeine uses an unchecked buffer when fetching remote RAM playlists via HTTP.
A remote attacker could entice a user to play a specially-crafted RAM playlist resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r2"
Kaffeine and gxine both contain a buffer overflow that can be exploited when accessing content from a malicious HTTP server with specially crafted headers.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-video/gxine | * | < 0.3.3-r1 | >= 0.3.3-r1 |
| media-video/kaffeine | * | < 0.5_rc1-r1 | >= 0.5_rc1-r1, >= 0.4.3b-r1 (revision) |
Kaffeine and gxine are graphical front-ends for xine-lib multimedia library.
KF of Secure Network Operations has discovered an overflow that occurs during the Content-Type header processing of Kaffeine. The vulnerable code in Kaffeine is reused from gxine, making gxine vulnerable as well.
An attacker could create a specially-crafted Content-type header from a malicious HTTP server, and crash a user's instance of Kaffeine or gxine, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Kaffeine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/kaffeine-0.4.3b-r1"
All gxine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/gxine-0.3.3-r1"