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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201906-22
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Severity: Critical
Date : 2019-06-25
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-5439 CVE-2019-12874
Package : vlc
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-998
Summary
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The package vlc before version 3.0.7.1-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.0.7.1-1.
# pacman -Syu "vlc>=3.0.7.1-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.0.7.1.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2019-5439 (arbitrary code execution)
VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.6 and earlier has a out-of-bounds write
has been found in the ReadFrame function of the AVI decoder.
- CVE-2019-12874 (arbitrary code execution)
VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.6 and earlier has a double-free in the
zlib_decompress_extra function of the Matroska demuxer in
modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to execute arbitrary code on the host by
providing a maliciously-crafted media file to VLC.
References
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https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1901.html
https://hackerone.com/reports/484398
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5439
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-12874
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