Mageia: 2018-0400 Critical Update: VLC Use-After-Free Issue
mageia
October 19, 2018
This update provides vlc 3.0.4 and fixes atleast the following security issue: A use-after-free was discovered in the MP4 demuxer of the VLC media player, which could result in th...
Summary
This update provides vlc 3.0.4 and fixes atleast the following security
issue:
A use-after-free was discovered in the MP4 demuxer of the VLC media player,
which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media
file is played (CVE-2018-11529)
For other fixes in this update, see the referenced NEWS.
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23092
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00180.html
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/raw/master/NEWS
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11529
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/tainted/vlc-3.0.4-1.mga6.tainted
- 6/core/vlc-3.0.4-1.mga6
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Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0400.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-11529
Topics Covered
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