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VLC Media Player TY Processing Multiple Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:

SA32339

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Release Date:

2008-10-20

Last Update:

2008-11-06

Popularity:

2,790 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

DoS
System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

VLC media player 0.x

Binary Analysis:

BA594 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
Update to version 0.9.5.

NOTE: libpng has also been updated in the Mac OS X version.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) The vendor credits Tobias Klein.
2) Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-10-21: Added reporter link to the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-10-27: Updated "Solution" section. Added CVE references.
2008-11-06: Added vulnerability #2 to the advisory. Updated the "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=...9e6b9537af2d7326276f70de25a840f554dc3

Tobias Klein:
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt

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