USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities

USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities

vlc vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in VLC.

Software Description

• vlc – multimedia player and streamer

Details

It was discovered that the VLC CAF demuxer incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted CAF file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-19857)

It was discovered that the VLC Matroska demuxer incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MKV file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12874)

It was discovered that the VLC MP4 demuxer incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MP4 file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13602)

It was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted AVI file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04

vlc – 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

vlc – 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2018-19857
• CVE-2019-12874
• CVE-2019-13602
• CVE-2019-5439

Source: USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities