Arch Linux: 201706-1 High Severity: VLC Code Execution and DoS

The package vlc before version 2.2.6-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-1
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Severity: High
Date    : 2017-06-01
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-8310 CVE-2017-8311 CVE-2017-8312
Package : vlc
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-283

Summary
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The package vlc before version 2.2.6-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues
including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.2.6-1.

# pacman -Syu "vlc>=2.2.6-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.2.6.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2017-8310 (denial of service)

Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2.2.x due
to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data
beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process (causing a
denial of service) via a crafted subtitles file.

- CVE-2017-8311 (arbitrary code execution)

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before
2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

- CVE-2017-8312 (denial of service)

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check
of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a
crafted subtitles file.

Impact
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A local attacker is able to use a specially crafted subtitles file to
crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54194
;a=commitdiff;h=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328
;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
;a=commitdiff;h=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-8310
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-8311
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-8312