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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-39">
<title>VLC: Buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
<announced>2017-01-17</announced>
<revised count="01">2017-01-17</revised>
<bug>584510</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.2.4</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.2.4</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A buffer overflow was discovered in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in
modules/codec/adpcm.c in the VideoLAN VLC media player.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted
QuickTime IMA file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vlc-2.2.4"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5108">CVE-2016-5108</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-15T19:15:46Z">whissi</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T03:38:25Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>