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+<?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="200809-06">
+ <title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Two vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
+ <announced>September 07, 2008</announced>
+ <revised>September 07, 2008: 01</revised>
+ <bug>235238</bug>
+ <bug>235589</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.8.6i-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6i-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ g_ reported the following vulnerabilities:
+ </p>
+ <ul><li>An integer
+ overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Open() function
+ in modules/demux/tta.c (CVE-2008-3732).</li>
+ <li>A signedness error
+ leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the mms_ReceiveCommand()
+ function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c (CVE-2008-3794).</li>
+ </ul>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ 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.
+ </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 &quot;&gt;=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i-r2&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3732">CVE-2008-3732</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3794">CVE-2008-3794</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:15 +0000">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:23 +0000">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:55:29 +0000">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>