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Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2211-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 06, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : vlc
Vulnerability : missing input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2010-3275 CVE-2010-3276
Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a
multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary
code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file.
This update also provides updated packages for oldstable (lenny) for
vulnerabilities, which have already been addressed in Debian stable
(squeeze), either during the freeze or in DSA-2159.
(CVE-2010-0522, CVE-2010-1441, CVE-2010-1442, CVE-2011-0531)
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.6.h-4+lenny3.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.3-1squeeze4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.8-1.
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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