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VLC Media Player Multiple Plugins Format String Vulnerabilities

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SA25753

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Release Date:

2007-06-20

Last Update:

2007-07-24

Popularity:

16,446 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

VLC media player 0.x

Binary Analysis:

BA168 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA167 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
Update to version 0.8.6c.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

The vendor also recommends removing or disabling the plugins if they are not used. Please see the vendor's advisory for details.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Thiel, iSEC Partners Inc for originally reporting the issue in the Ogg/Vorbis plugin.

Changelog:
2007-06-22: Added CVE reference and link in "Original Advisory" section.
2007-07-24: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html

iSec Partners:
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt

Other References:
US-CERT VU#200928:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928

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