FS#54194 : [vlc] Arbitrary code execution and other vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-8310 to CVE-2017-8313)

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FS#54194 - [vlc] Arbitrary code execution and other vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-8310 to CVE-2017-8313)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by mpan (mpan) - Friday, 26 May 2017, 17:07 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 29 May 2017, 03:22 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	No-one
Architecture	All
Severity	Critical
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	2 mpan (mpan) (2017-05-29) Maxqia (Maxqia) (2017-05-28)
Private	No

Details

CVE-2017-8311: “Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.”

CVE-2017-8310 and CVE-2017-8312 are DoS, CVE-2017-8311 allows reading of process memory.

Fixed in 2.2.6 by:
* https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/codec/subsdec.c;h=addd8c71f30d53558fffd19059b374be45cf0f8e;hp=1b4276e299a2a6668047231d29ac705ae93076ba;hb=7cac839692ab79dbfe5e4ebd4c4e37d9a8b1b328;hpb=3477dba3d506de8d95bccef2c6b67861188f6c29
* https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=775de716add17322f24b476439f903a829446eb6
* https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=05b653355ce303ada3b5e0e645ae717fea39186c
* https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blobdiff;f=modules/demux/subtitle.c;h=5e4fcdb7f25b2819f5441156c7c0ea2a7d112ca3;hp=2a75fbfb7c3f56b24b2e4498bbb8fe0aa2575974;hb=611398fc8d32f3fe4331f60b220c52ba3557beaa;hpb=075bc7169b05b004fa0250e4a4ce5516b05487a9

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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 29 May 2017, 03:22 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed

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Comment by mpan (mpan) - Monday, 29 May 2017, 03:21 GMT

2.2.6 in the repo, can be closed. However assigning an ASA to it would be nice.

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