Description
The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/42205 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/42206 ↗
- http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766 ↗
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371 ↗
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml ↗