Debian: DSA-3598-1: vlc security update

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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