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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-0017
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CVE-2007-0017

Description:
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31226

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html

ST
  1017464

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA23592
  Secunia Advisory: SA23829
  Secunia Advisory: SA23910
  Secunia Advisory: SA23971

OSVDB
  31163

MLIST
  http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html

MISC
  http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timor.html
  http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html
  http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252

CONFIRM
  http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
  http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
  http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481

BID
  21852


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