[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1652-1: important: Security update for vlc

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for vlc

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1652-1

Rating: important

References: #952051 #954980 #984382

Cross-References: CVE-2015-7981 CVE-2015-8126 CVE-2016-1514

CVE-2016-1515 CVE-2016-5108

Affected Products:

openSUSE Leap 42.1

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An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update for vlc to 2.2.4 to fix the following security issue:

- CVE-2016-5108: Fix out-of-bound write in adpcm QT IMA codec (boo#984382).

 

This also include an update of codecs and libraries to fix these 3rd party

security issues:

- CVE-2016-1514: Matroska libebml EbmlUnicodeString Heap Information Leak

- CVE-2016-1515: Matroska libebml Multiple ElementList Double Free

Vulnerabilities

- CVE-2015-7981: The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng

allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information

via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an

out-of-bounds read (bsc#952051).

- CVE-2015-8126: Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2)

png_get_PLTE functions in libpng allowed remote attackers to cause a

denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other

impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk

in a PNG image (bsc#954980).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-754=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

libvlc5-2.2.4-27.1

libvlc5-debuginfo-2.2.4-27.1

libvlccore8-2.2.4-27.1

libvlccore8-debuginfo-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-debuginfo-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-debugsource-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-devel-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-noX-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-noX-debuginfo-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-qt-2.2.4-27.1

vlc-qt-debuginfo-2.2.4-27.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

 

vlc-noX-lang-2.2.4-27.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7981.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8126.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1514.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1515.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5108.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/952051

https://bugzilla.suse.com/954980

https://bugzilla.suse.com/984382

 

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