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47 lines
1.7 KiB
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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="202101-37">
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<title>VLC: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attacker(s) 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>2021-01-29</announced>
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<revised count="1">2021-01-29</revised>
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<bug>765040</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">3.0.12.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.0.12.1</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>VLC was found to have a buffer overflow when handling crafted MKV files.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MKV
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file using VLC possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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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-3.0.12.1"
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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/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26664">CVE-2020-26664</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-01-28T02:32:59Z">sam_c</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-29T00:04:09Z">sam_c</metadata>
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</glsa>
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