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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-42 Important: VLC Vulnerability Risk Mitigation

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
A variety of security flaws in XV might facilitate unauthorized code execution. It is essential for Gentoo users to upgrade promptly. Severity: Medium
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in XV, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: XV: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 19, 2005 Bugs: #88742 ID: 200504-17

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in XV, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= XV is an interactive image manipulation program for the X Window System.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/xv < 3.10a-r11 >= 3.10a-r11
========== Greg Roelofs has reported multiple input validation errors in XV image decoders. Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported insufficient val...

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