VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:27221

Info

VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 27221
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0295
CVE-2008-0296
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2008 12:29AM
Credit: Luigi Auriemma discovered these issues.
Vulnerable: VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 d
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6
+ Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 4.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 4.0
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6c
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6b
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6a
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

VLC media player is prone to two heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input.

Attackers can leverage these issues to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions.

NOTE: The exact impact of one of these issues is currently unknown. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

VLC 0.8.6d is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

The following proof-of-concept data is available:

m=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...more_than_3200_chars...AAAAA
or
a=Title:buffer;AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...more_than_6400_chars...AAAAA

Solution / Fix

VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the referenced advisories for details.


VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6

References

VLC Media Player 'sdpplin_parse()' RTSP and Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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