493710 – <media-video/vlc-2.0.9: Long string buffer overrun in m3u file (CVE-2013-6283)

Bug 493710 - <media-video/vlc-2.0.9: Long string buffer overrun in m3u file (CVE-2013-6283)

Summary: <media-video/vlc-2.0.9: Long string buffer overrun in m3u file (CVE-2013-6283)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal major
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	A2 [glsa]
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Reported:	2013-12-09 05:54 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2014-11-05 22:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2013-12-09 05:54:29 UTC

CVE-2013-6283 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6283):
  VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause
  a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long
  string in a URL in a m3u file.

Comment 1 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2014-06-18 00:13:38 UTC

Added to an existing GLSA request.

Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2014-11-05 22:10:33 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201411-01 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-01.xml
by GLSA coordinator Sean Amoss (ackle).