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Gentoo: GLSA-200707-12 Normal: VLC Media Player Remote Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2007
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The VLC media player on Gentoo has a critical vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. It's advisable to update immediately to bolster your security and safeguard your machine.
A vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities Date: July 28, 2007 Bugs: #182389 ID: 200707-12

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player, allowing for the remote 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 < 0.8.6c >= 0.8.6c
========== David Thiel from iSEC Partners Inc. discovered format string errors in various plugins when parsing data. The affected plugins include Vorbis, Theor...

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