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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a0bdc306 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200807-13"> + <title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities in VLC may allow for the execution of arbitrary + code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">vlc</product> + <announced>July 31, 2008</announced> + <revised>July 31, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>221959</bug> + <bug>230692</bug> + <access>local, remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.8.6i</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6i</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <ul><li>Remi Denis-Courmont reported that VLC loads plugins from the + current working directory in an unsafe manner (CVE-2008-2147).</li> + <li>Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research) reported an integer overflow error + in the Open() function in the file modules/demux/wav.c + (CVE-2008-2430).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .wav + file, and a local attacker could entice a user to run VLC from a + directory containing specially crafted modules, possibly resulting in + the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running + the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2147">CVE-2008-2147</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2430">CVE-2008-2430</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 22 May 2008 17:39:12 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:20:33 +0000"> + vorlon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:52 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |