USN-4805-1: VLC vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

VLC could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • vlc - multimedia player and streamer

Details

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-10699)

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-10699)

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial vlc-plugin-notify –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-svg –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
libvlccore8 –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-data –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
libvlc5 –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-jack –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-samba –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-zvbi –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-nox –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-sdl –  2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1  
14.04 trusty vlc-plugin-notify –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-pulse –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-svg –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
libvlccore7 –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-data –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
libvlc5 –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-jack –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-zvbi –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-nox –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  
vlc-plugin-sdl –  2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1  

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