metadata/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml

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<glsa id="200812-24">
  <title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
  <announced>December 24, 2008</announced>
  <revised>December 24, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>245774</bug>
  <bug>249391</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.9.8a</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.8a</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Tobias Klein reported the following vulnerabilities:
    </p>
    <ul>
    <li>A
    stack-based buffer overflow when processing CUE image files in
    modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c (CVE-2008-5032).</li>
    <li>A stack-based
    buffer overflow when processing RealText (.rt) subtitle files in the
    ParseRealText() function in modules/demux/subtitle.c
    (CVE-2008-5036).</li>
    <li>An integer overflow when processing RealMedia
    (.rm) files in the ReadRealIndex() function in real.c in the Real
    demuxer plugin, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow
    (CVE-2008-5276).</li>
    </ul>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CUE
    image file, RealMedia file or RealText subtitle file, possibly
    resulting in the 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-0.9.8a&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5032">CVE-2008-5032</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5036">CVE-2008-5036</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5276">CVE-2008-5276</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:05:23 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:55:55 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:12:40 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>