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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3342-1 (vlc - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files.
Affected Software
Affected Software
vlc on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.0~rc2-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.