GLSA 201707-10: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:07/08/2017
Bugs: #619494
ID:201707-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-video/vlc < 2.2.6 >= 2.2.6 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted subtitles file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.6"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201707-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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