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VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31512
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Release Date:
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2008-08-18
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Last Update:
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2008-10-27
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Popularity:
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5,087 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | VLC media player 0.x
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Binary Analysis:
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BA552 :: Available for 1 Credit 
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1806
CVE-2008-1807
CVE-2008-3732
CVE-2008-3794
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Description:
g_ has discovered some vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An integer overflow error exists within the "Open()" function in modules/demux/tta.c. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via specially crafted TTA data.
2) A signedness error exists within the "mms_ReceiveCommand()" function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking the user into opening a specially crafted MMST stream.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 0.8.6i. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.0 or later.
NOTE: libfreetype has also been updated in the Windows and Mac OS X versions.
Provided and/or discovered by:
g_, Orange Bat
Changelog:
2008-08-22: Added CVE reference.
2008-08-25: Added vulnerability #2 to the advisory. Updated the "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2008-08-25: Updated "Solution" with workaround information. Added vendor link to the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-08-28: Added CVE reference.
2008-09-16: Updated "Solution" section. Added CVE references.
2008-10-27: Added vendor link to the "Original Advisory" section.
Original Advisory:
VLC Media Player:
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0807.html
Orange Bat:
http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt
http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt
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