VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200707-12 / vlc
Release Date	July 28, 2007
Latest Revision	July 28, 2007: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

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

Related bugreports: #182389

Synopsis

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

2. Impact Information

Background

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

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

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

4. References

CVE-2007-3316

Page updated July 28, 2007

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