GLSA 200707-12: VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities
Date:	07/28/2007
Bugs:	#182389
ID:	200707-12

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

VLC media player is a multimedia player for various audio and video formats.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/vlc	< 0.8.6c	>= 0.8.6c	All supported architectures

Description

David Thiel from iSEC Partners Inc. discovered format string errors in various plugins when parsing data. The affected plugins include Vorbis, Theora, CDDA and SAP.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VLC media player.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC media player users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6c"

References

CVE-2007-3316

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml

Concerns?

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