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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200701-24">
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<title>VLC media player: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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VLC media player improperly handles format strings, allowing for the
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execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
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<announced>January 26, 2007</announced>
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<revised>January 26, 2007: 01</revised>
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<bug>159845</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">0.8.6-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6-r1</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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Kevin Finisterre has discovered that when handling media locations,
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various functions throughout VLC media player make improper use of
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format strings.
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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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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
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location or M3U file with VLC media player, and execute arbitrary code
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on the system with the rights 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-0.8.6-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0017">CVE-2007-0017</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:30:46 +0000">
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falco
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:08:55 +0000">
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falco
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:10:51 +0000">
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shellsage
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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