GLSA 200809-06: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/07/2008
Bugs:	#235238, #235589
ID:	200809-06

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/vlc	< 0.8.6i-r2	>= 0.8.6i-r2	All supported architectures

Description

g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:

An integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Open() function in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).
A signedness error leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the mms_ReceiveCommand() function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c (CVE-2008-3794).

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.