Bug#932241: vlc: CVE-2019-13615

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

hi Sebastian,

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 09:24:29PM +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> Hi Salvatore
> 
> On 2019-07-16 22:36:50, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Source: vlc
> > Version: 3.0.7.1-2
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: security upstream
> > Forwarded: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474
> > Control: found -1 3.0.7.1-1
> > Control: found -1 3.0.7-1
> > Control: found -1 3.0.7-0+deb9u1
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The following vulnerability was published for vlc, sorry another one.
> > For buster, stretch I think we can follow the usual strategy and
> > release a new upstream stable version once available.
> > 
> > CVE-2019-13615[0]:
> > | VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in
> > | mkv::demux_sys_t::FreeUnused() in modules/demux/mkv/demux.cpp when
> > | called from mkv::Open in modules/demux/mkv/mkv.cpp.
> > 
> > 
> > If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> > CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
> > 
> > For further information see:
> > 
> > [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13615
> >     https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13615
> > [1] https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474
> 
> FWIW, this issue is disputed upstream.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> > 
> > Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Ack, let's see what will be the outcome. Thanks in any case for the
heads-up on the disputed state upstream!

Regards,
Salvatore