National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3316

Overview

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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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#200928

Name: VU#200928

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2262

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2262

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25753

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25753

External Source: BID

Name: 24555

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070621 VLC 0.8.6b format string vulnerability & integer overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471933/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1332

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1332

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200707-12

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-12.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26269

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26269

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25980

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25980