Arch Linux: 201712-4 Critical Advisory for VLC Code Execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201712-4
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2017-12-07
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-10699 CVE-2017-9300
Package : vlc
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-533

Summary
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The package vlc before version 2.2.7-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.2.7-1.

# pacman -Syu "vlc>=2.2.7-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.2.7.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
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- CVE-2017-10699 (arbitrary code execution)

It was discovered that avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media
player before 2.2.7, allows out-of-bounds heap memory write due to
calling memcpy() with a wrong size, leading to a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly code execution.

- CVE-2017-9300 (arbitrary code execution)

It was discovered that plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.so in VideoLAN VLC
media player before 2.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a heap
corruption and application crash leading to denial of service or
possibly execution of arbitrary code via a crafted FLAC file.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to execute arbitrary code on the host by
providing a maliciously-crafted media file to VLC.

References
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;a=commitdiff;h=6cc73bcad19da2cd2e95671173f2e0d203a57e9b
;a=commitdiff;h=a38a85db58c569cc592d9380cc07096757ef3d49
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/18467
;a=commitdiff;h=55a82442cfea9dab8b853f3a4610f2880c5fadf3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-10699
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-9300