Debian 3.1 DSA 1252-1 Critical: VLC Format String Issue

For the testing distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.6.a.debian-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge

Size/MD5 checksum: 1916 a8b1c32a0625845da8b035402064351b
Size/MD5 checksum: 1419 c1573565b4f6c5f5bc4fb0da0ef82c4e
Size/MD5 checksum: 9746520 51ecfbb072315eacf7fcaf250c26f5cb

Alpha architecture:
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