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SUSE: CVE-2016-3941: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-3941: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/22/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libvlc5
  • suse-upgrade-libvlc5-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-libvlccore7
  • suse-upgrade-libvlccore7-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-vlc
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-devel
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-gnome
  • suse-upgrade-vlc-gnome-debuginfo
  • 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-2016-3941

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