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