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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6783-1 Moderate: VLC Network Traffic Risk

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-6784-1 tackles vulnerabilities in ffmpeg that could lead to memory corruption or unauthorized code execution from specially crafted files.
VLC could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

VLC could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- vlc: multimedia player and streamer

Details:

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10
   vlc                             3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
   vlc-plugin-base                 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   vlc                             3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   vlc-plugin-base                 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   vlc                             3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   vlc-plugin-base                 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   vlc                             3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   vlc-plugin-base                 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   vlc                             2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6783-1

CVE-2023-47359, CVE-2023-47360

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6783-1

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

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