GLSA 200809-06 VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted by Bob on: 09/07/2008 08:30 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-06
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Severity: Normal
Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 07, 2008
Bugs: #235238, #235589
ID: 200809-06

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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/vlc lt; 0.8.6i-r2 gt;= 0.8.6i-r=
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Description
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g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:

* An integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the
Open() function in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).

* A signedness error leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the
mms_ReceiveCommand() function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c
(CVE-2008-3794).

Impact
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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.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gt;=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i-r2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3732
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3732
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3794
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3794

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5