Bug#461544: vlc: CVE-2008-0296 arbitrary code execution via crafted RTSP server

[Nico Golde]

Package: vlc
Version: 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for vlc.

CVE-2008-0296[0]:
| Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in
| VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier on Windows might allow
| remote RTSP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
| or execute arbitrary code via a long string.

If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.

I contacted upstream for a patch of this.

For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0296

Kind regards
Nico

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