OSVDB ID: 50333

Title: VLC Media Player modules/demux/real.c ReadRealIndex() Function Remote Overflow

Info

Disclosure

Nov 30, 2008

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Nov 17, 2008

Description

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.7 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-5276 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 32545
Secunia Advisory ID: 32942 33315
SCIP VulDB ID: 3871
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-3287
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0004.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/50333