metadata/glsa/glsa-201701-39.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-39">
  <title>VLC: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
  <announced>2017-01-17</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-17</revised>
  <bug>584510</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow was discovered in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in
      modules/codec/adpcm.c in the VideoLAN VLC media player.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted
      QuickTime IMA file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly
      execute arbitrary code.
    </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 "&gt;=media-video/vlc-2.2.4"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5108">CVE-2016-5108</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-15T19:15:46Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T03:38:25Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>