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Gentoo Linux GLSA 200803-13 High: VLC Code Execution And DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2008
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Investigate various VLC weaknesses highlighted in Gentoo's advisory GLSA 200803-13 and discover strategies to safeguard your system.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-13
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: March 07, 2008
      Bugs: #203345, #211575, #205299
        ID: 200803-13


Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC, allowing for the execution
of arbitrary code and Denial of Service.

Background
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VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.

Affected packages
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     Package          /  Vulnerable  /                      Unaffected
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  1  media-video/vlc      < 0.8.6e                           >= 0.8.6e

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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC:

* Michal Luczaj and Luigi Auriemma reported that VLC contains
  boundary er...
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