VLC Media Player 1.0.5 And Prior Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	39629
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 19 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 04 2010 12:40PM
Credit:	The vendor reported these issues.
Vulnerable:	VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.5 VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.3 VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.2 VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.1 VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.7 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.6 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.5 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.4 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.3 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.2 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.1 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 i VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 h VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 g 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 0.6.8 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.8a VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6f VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6e VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6c VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6b VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6a Pardus Linux 2009 0
Not Vulnerable:	VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.6

VLC Media Player 1.0.5 And Prior Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

VLC Media Player is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities.

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

These issues affect VLC Media Player versions 0.5.0 through 1.0.5.

VLC Media Player 1.0.5 And Prior Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

VLC Media Player 1.0.5 And Prior Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for more information.


VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6f

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.8a

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6a

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6e

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6c

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6b

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.6.8

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 g

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 d

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 h

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 i

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.1

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.2

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.3

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.4

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.5

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.6

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.7

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.1

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.2

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.3

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.5

• VideoLAN vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.6/vlc-1.0.6.tar.bz2

VLC Media Player 1.0.5 And Prior Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

References:

• VideoLAN Security Advisory 1003 (VideoLAN)
  
• VLC Homepage (VideoLAN)