full-disclosure - Re: 0day Vulnerability in VLC (this is my first release of the vuln anywhere)

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:48:22 +0300
From: Henri Salo <henri@...v.fi>
To: jay van <jay4sdata@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: 0day Vulnerability in VLC (this is my first
 release of the vuln anywhere)

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 07:31:07AM -0400, jay van wrote:
> if VLC media player is launched in QT mode and the user is on windows NT
> (any version of windows so far as tested) connected to the internet there
> is a vulnerability in the handling of unicast packets. The Proof of concept
> code is in development and should be ready for publishing within the next 2
> weeks. More in depth vulnerability information will be released with the
> proof of concept. This is a joint effort (the POC (proof of concept) code
> and vuln discovery) by 2 security firms. 4sData IT solutions and another
> firm that would like to remain nameless for the time being. This
> vulnerability exposes almost everyone using VLC media player (unless on
> linux systems and thats just because of the lack of testing so far may
> still be found to be exposed.). Thank you for your time and if interested
> please respond and let me know,.
> 
>                  - Jay @ 4sData-IT-Solutions (www.4sdata.com - coming soon)
> 
>   P.S. Launching 4sData this week to coincide with the VLC vuln.

Please follow responsible disclosure and report issues first to the vendor and
go public after waiting for a fix (or no reply). VLC usually replies to
important issues very fast. Please contact me in case you need a hand in
communication.

---
Henri Salo

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