openSUSE 13.2: 2016:1651-1 Important: VLC Buffer Overflows Fixed
opensuse
June 22, 2016
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This update for vlc to version 2.1.6 fixes the following issues:
These CVE were fixed:
- CVE-2016-5108: Reject invalid QuickTime IMA files (boo#984382).
- CVE-2016-3941: Heap overflow in processing wav files (boo#973354).
These security issues without were fixed:
- Fix heap overflow in decomp stream filter.
- Fix buffer overflow in updater.
- Fix potential buffer overflow in schroedinger encoder.
- Fix null-pointer dereference in DMO decoder.
- Fix buffer overflow in parsing of string boxes in mp4 demuxer.
- Fix SRTP integer overflow.
- Fix potential crash in zip access.
- Fix read overflow in Ogg demuxer.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-755=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
libvlc5-2.1.6-2.10.1
libvlc5-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
libvlccore7-2.1.6-2.10.1
libvlccore7-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-debugsource-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-devel-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-gnome-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-gnome-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-noX-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-noX-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-qt-2.1.6-2.10.1
vlc-qt-debuginfo-2.1.6-2.10.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):
vlc-noX-lang-2.1.6-2.10.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3941.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5108.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973354
https://bugzilla.suse.com/984382
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1651-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
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Topics Covered
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