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Gentoo: GLSA-200701-24 Normal: VLC Media Player Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The VLC media player on Gentoo presents a format string vulnerability, which could lead to arbitrary code execution with moderate risk.
VLC media player improperly handles format strings, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-24 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: VLC media player: Format string vulnerability Date: January 26, 2007 Bugs: #159845 ID: 200701-24

Synopsis ======= VLC media player improperly handles format strings, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= VLC media player is a multimedia player for various audio and video formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/vlc < 0.8.6-r1 >= 0.8.6-r1
========== Kevin Finisterre has discovered that when handling media locations, various functions throughout VLC media player make improper use of format strings.
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