Debian: DSA-2159-1 Important: Critical VLC Code Execution Vulnerability
debian
February 10, 2011
Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code
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Summary
Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's
processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.3-1squeeze3.
The version of vlc in the oldstable distribution (lenny) is affected
by further issues and will be addressed in a followup DSA.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: vlc
CVE ID: CVE-2011-0531
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