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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1819-1] New vlc packages fix several vulnerabilities (1

    From Steffen Joeris@1:229/2 to All on Thu Jun 18 15:20:13 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1819-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris
    June 18, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : vlc
    Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Ids : CVE-2008-1768 CVE-2008-1769 CVE-2008-1881 CVE-2008-2147
    CVE-2008-2430 CVE-2008-3794 CVE-2008-4686 CVE-2008-5032
    Debian Bugs : 478140 477805 489004 496265 503118 504639 480724


    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in vlc, a multimedia player
    and streamer. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
    identifies the following problems:

    CVE-2008-1768

    Drew Yao discovered that multiple integer overflows in the MP4 demuxer,
    Real demuxer and Cinepak codec can lead to the execution of arbitrary
    code.

    CVE-2008-1769

    Drew Yao discovered that the Cinepak codec is prone to a memory
    corruption, which can be triggered by a crafted Cinepak file.

    CVE-2008-1881

    Luigi Auriemma discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code
    via a long subtitle in an SSA file.

    CVE-2008-2147

    It was discovered that vlc is prone to a search path vulnerability,
    which allows local users to perform privilege escalations.

    CVE-2008-2430

    Alin Rad Pop discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code
    when opening a WAV file containing a large fmt chunk.

    CVE-2008-3794

    Pınar Yanardağ discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code
    when opening a crafted mmst link.

    CVE-2008-4686

    Tobias Klein discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code
    when opening a crafted .ty file.

    CVE-2008-5032

    Tobias Klein discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code
    when opening an invalid CUE image file with a crafted header.


    For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
    in version 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
    version 0.8.6.h-4+lenny2, which was already included in the lenny
    release.

    For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
    (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.6.h-5.


    We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.



    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Debian (oldstable)
    - ------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 15168393 30c18a2fdc4105606033ff6e6aeab81c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2390010 aacfe6dc712b98ae872794d9d70fe1e3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2622 bc3a4f4ee0ecd699820b478e96beecad

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/wxvlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 778 62c36d9c3fe088478b442efec17b5b7e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-alsa_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 786 12f8c6ef696cb7c6b8b1e33b313f72f0

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-esd_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5028 1c44834297096fe893775a5d95d1913b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-arts_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 4444 ad948e7f91e08a0261a009a62bd2a76b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/libvlc0_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1157956 da37f9efbdef57c192781d775818e042
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/mozilla-plugin-vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 40298 3c6639b6241c035f35508ed2b41e94b7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-nox_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5169476 7342181513646f6562051fe843dab946
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-sdl_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 13048 63b8dfc325bf011cd9ab2762ac404da8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/libvlc0-dev_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 20162 9fd790aaa1a58aaa7de59ca17eec2ea9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1306476 230f2731958e3d9740198c66b7a14531
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-ggi_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 6942 96f9d8b30b4c66b9d81a47e3f6141b7a

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/libvlc0-dev_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 20226 73bbae9c7491cb8fb99ae3c9e3b34670
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-sdl_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 11336 623ceac24cb2a59cbbdb96723c7feb4d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-ggi_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 6054 99babdfe76e9ce755f36add0f01750bb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vlc/vlc-nox_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 4667204 0304843fa1801c73ddd1b3e38cb66adf

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