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<glsa id="200701-24">
  <title>VLC media player: Format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    VLC media player improperly handles format strings, allowing for the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
  <announced>2007-01-26</announced>
  <revised count="01">2007-01-26</revised>
  <bug>159845</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.6-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    VLC media player is a multimedia player for various audio and video
    formats.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Kevin Finisterre has discovered that when handling media locations,
    various functions throughout VLC media player make improper use of
    format strings.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
    location or M3U file with VLC media player, and execute arbitrary code
    on the system with the rights of the user running VLC media player.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All VLC media player users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0017">CVE-2007-0017</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-01-15T23:30:46Z">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-01-16T17:08:55Z">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-01-18T02:10:51Z">
    shellsage
  </metadata>
</glsa>
