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

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  Severity: Normal
     Title: VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities
      Date: July 28, 2007
      Bugs: #182389
        ID: 200707-12

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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
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  1  media-video/vlc      < 0.8.6c                           >= 0.8.6c

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.

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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

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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-3316
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

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