Package : vlc
Vulnerability : several
Problem-Type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3316 CVE-2007-3467 CVE-2007-3468
Debian Bug : 429726
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the VideoLan
multimedia player and streamer, which may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-3316
David Thiel discovered that several format string vulnerabilities may
lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-3467
David Thiel discovered an integer overflow in the WAV processing code.
This update also fixes several crashes, which can be triggered through
malformed media files.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.1.svn20050314-1sarge3. Packages for the powerpc architecture
are not yet available. They will be provided later.
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed
in version 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.6.c-1.