71 lines
2.2 KiB
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71 lines
2.2 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="200809-06">
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<title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>
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Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary
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code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
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<announced>2008-09-07</announced>
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<revised count="01">2008-09-07</revised>
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<bug>235238</bug>
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<bug>235589</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">0.8.6i-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6i-r2</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 is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:
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</p>
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<ul><li>An integer
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overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Open() function
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in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).</li>
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<li>A signedness error
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leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the mms_ReceiveCommand()
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function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c (CVE-2008-3794).</li>
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</ul>
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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 file,
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possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the user running the application.
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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 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-0.8.6i-r2"</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-2008-3732">CVE-2008-3732</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3794">CVE-2008-3794</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-08-25T18:33:15Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-08-25T18:33:23Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-08-28T20:55:29Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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