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Gentoo: GLSA-201707-10 Moderate: VLC Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to remote code execution or Denial of Service; updating is advisable to maintain security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution vlc

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-8310 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8310 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-8311 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8311 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-8312 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8312 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-8313 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8313

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 08, 2017
Bugs: #619494
ID: 201707-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution vlc

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/vlc < 2.2.6 >= 2.2.6

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted subtitles file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.