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VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:

SA28233

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Release Date:

2007-12-25

Last Update:

2008-04-22

Popularity:

18,486 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

VLC media player 0.x

Binary Analysis:

BA335 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA336 :: Available for 1 Credit

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Originally reported by Michal Luczaj. Additional information provided by Luigi Auriemma.
2) Luigi Auriemma

Changelog:
2008-01-24: Added CVE reference.
2008-02-29: Updated "Solution" section.
2008-03-17: Updated "Solution" section and changed "Solution Status" to "Partial Fix" due to the improper fix for the "ParseSSA()" and "ParseVplayer()" boundary errors.
2008-04-04: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2008-04-22: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
VLC:
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

Michal Luczaj:
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/032672.html
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-June/033394.html

Luigi Auriemma:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt

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