Debian: DSA-3598-1: vlc security update

Date07 Jun 2016

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Patrick Coleman discovered that missing input sanitising in the ADPCM decoder of the VLC media player may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3598-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 07, 2016                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : vlc
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-5108

Patrick Coleman discovered that missing input sanitising in the ADPCM
decoder of the VLC media player may result in the execution of arbitrary
code if a malformed media file is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.4-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

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