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HistoryJul 09, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

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Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the VideoLan
multimedia player and streamer, which may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-3316
    David Thiel discovered that several format string vulnerabilities may
    lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
  • CVE-2007-3467
    David Thiel discovered an integer overflow in the WAV processing code.

This update also fixes several crashes, which can be triggered through
malformed media files.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.1.svn20050314-1sarge3. Packages for the powerpc architecture
are not yet available. They will be provided later.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed
in version 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.6.c-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

CPENameOperatorVersion
vlceq0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C