Executive Summary



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Summary
Title VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-200809-06 First vendor Publication 2008-09-07
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-09-07
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.

Description

g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:

* An integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Open() function in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).

* A signedness error leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the mms_ReceiveCommand() function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c (CVE-2008-3794).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3732 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3732
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3794 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3794

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14531
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14531
Title: Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i
Description: Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3794
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14570
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14570
Title: Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i
Description: Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3732
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-23 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1819-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_1819_1.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-06 (vlc)
File : nvt/glsa_200809_06.nasl
2008-08-22 Name : VLC Media Player TTA Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_intgr_overflow_vuln_900112.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47836 VLC Media Player modules/access/mms/mmstu.c mms_ReceiveCommand Function Remot...
47541 VLC Media Player modules/demux/tta.c Open() Function Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-06-19 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1819.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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