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Gentoo: GLSA 201701-39 Critical: VLC Buffer Overflow Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2017
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Gentoo GLSA 202203-12 highlights a critical vulnerability in VLC that could lead to unauthorized remote access. Find out more!
A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

A buffer overflow was discovered in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in the VideoLAN VLC media player.

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Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-5108 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5108

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-39
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Concerns

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: VLC: Buffer overflow
Date: January 17, 2017
Bugs: #584510
ID: 201701-39

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Synopsis

A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/vlc < 2.2.4 >= 2.2.4

Impact

===== Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted QuickTime IMA file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.