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SUSE: CVE-2015-8789: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8789: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/29/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a "deeply nested element with infinite size" followed by another element of an upper level in an EBML document.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libvlc5
  • suse-upgrade-libvlc5-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-libvlccore8
  • suse-upgrade-libvlccore8-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-vlc
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-devel
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-nox
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-nox-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-nox-lang
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-qt
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-qt-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2015-8789

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