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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200809-06">
<title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>
Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary
code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
<announced>September 07, 2008</announced>
<revised>September 07, 2008: 01</revised>
<bug>235238</bug>
<bug>235589</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.8.6i-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6i-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:
</p>
<ul><li>An integer
overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Open() function
in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).</li>
<li>A signedness error
leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the mms_ReceiveCommand()
function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c (CVE-2008-3794).</li>
</ul>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application.
</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 &quot;&gt;=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i-r2&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3732">CVE-2008-3732</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3794">CVE-2008-3794</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:15 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:23 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:55:29 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>