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VLC Media Player "udp://" URI Handling Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23592
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Release Date:
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2007-01-03
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Last Update:
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2007-01-18
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Popularity:
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11,850 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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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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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0017
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Description:
Kevin Finisterre and LMH have reported a vulnerability in VLC media player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when handling "udp://" URIs and can be exploited via a specially crafted web site or an M3U file with a specially crafted udp:// URI containing format string specifiers as the file name.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.6 and reportedly affects both Mac OS X and Windows versions. Other versions may be affected as well.
Solution:
Update to version 0.8.6a.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Kevin Finisterre and LMH
Changelog:
2007-01-04: Updated "Solution Status" and added patch information from VideoLAN.
2007-01-18: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
MOAB:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html
VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
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