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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201603-08
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: March 12, 2016
     Bugs: #534532, #537154, #542222, #558418
       ID: 201603-08

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause 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             < 2.2.1-r1               >= 2.2.1-r1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial
of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known work around at this time.

Resolution
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All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.1-r1"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2014-1684
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1684
[  2 ] CVE-2014-6440
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6440
[  3 ] CVE-2014-9597
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9597
[  4 ] CVE-2014-9598
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9598
[  5 ] CVE-2014-9625
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9625
[  6 ] CVE-2014-9626
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9626
[  7 ] CVE-2014-9627
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9627
[  8 ] CVE-2014-9628
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9628
[  9 ] CVE-2014-9629
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9629
[ 10 ] CVE-2014-9630
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9630
[ 11 ] CVE-2015-1202
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1202
[ 12 ] CVE-2015-1203
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1203
[ 13 ] CVE-2015-5949
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949
[ 14 ] CVE-2015-5949
       http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/