MGASA-2020-0203 - Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0203.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-19721,
     CVE-2020-6071,
     CVE-2020-6072,
     CVE-2020-6073,
     CVE-2020-6077,
     CVE-2020-6078,
     CVE-2020-6079,
     CVE-2020-6080

Multiple security issues were discovered in the microdns plugin of the
VLC media player, which could result in denial of service or potentially
the execution of arbitrary code via malicious mDNS packets (CVE-2020-6071,
CVE-2020-6072, CVE-2020-6073, CVE-2020-6077, CVE-2020-6078, CVE-2020-6079,
CVE-2020-6080).

VLC has been updated to 3.0.10 to fix theese and other issues.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26467
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc309.html
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/raw/master/NEWS
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19721
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6071
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6072
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6073
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6077
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6078
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6079
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6080

SRPMS:
- 7/tainted/vlc-3.0.10-1.mga7.tainted
- 7/core/vlc-3.0.10-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0203: vlc security update

Multiple security issues were discovered in the microdns plugin of the VLC media player, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via ...

Summary

Multiple security issues were discovered in the microdns plugin of the VLC media player, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via malicious mDNS packets (CVE-2020-6071, CVE-2020-6072, CVE-2020-6073, CVE-2020-6077, CVE-2020-6078, CVE-2020-6079, CVE-2020-6080).
VLC has been updated to 3.0.10 to fix theese and other issues.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26467

- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc309.html

- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/raw/master/NEWS

- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19721

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6071

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6072

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6073

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6077

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6078

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6079

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6080

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0203 - Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/tainted/vlc-3.0.10-1.mga7.tainted

- 7/core/vlc-3.0.10-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0203.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-19721, CVE-2020-6071, CVE-2020-6072, CVE-2020-6073, CVE-2020-6077, CVE-2020-6078, CVE-2020-6079, CVE-2020-6080

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