Gentoo: GLSA-201603-08: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.1-r1"
References
[ 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
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08
Concerns
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.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Background
VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/vlc < 2.2.1-r1 >= 2.2.1-r1
Impact
===== Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known work around at this time.