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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200707-12">
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<title>VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player, allowing for the
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remote execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
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<announced>2007-07-28</announced>
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<revised>2007-07-28: 01</revised>
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<bug>182389</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.8.6c</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6c</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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VLC media player is a multimedia player for various audio and video
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formats.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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David Thiel from iSEC Partners Inc. discovered format string errors in
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various plugins when parsing data. The affected plugins include Vorbis,
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Theora, CDDA and SAP.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
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file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the user running VLC media player.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All VLC media player users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6c"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3316">CVE-2007-3316</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-07-14T21:42:20Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-07-15T18:31:02Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-07-15T18:31:47Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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