37379 : VLC Media Player Ogg/Vorbis File Handling Plugin Format String
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Jun 20, 2007

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.

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Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.6c or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

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References

CVE ID: 2007-3316 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 200928
Bugtraq ID: 24555
Secunia Advisory ID: 25753 25980 26269
Related OSVDB ID: 37380 37381 37382
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2007-2262
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-06/0270.html
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2007/ms ......
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml
http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html

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