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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4074-1 Critical: VLC DoS and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2019
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4075-1 outlines resolutions for VLC vulnerabilities that impact Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 19.10.
Several security issues were fixed in VLC.

Summary

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security advisory DoS arbitrary code execution Ubuntu VLC

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: vlc 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: vlc 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4074-1

CVE-2018-19857, CVE-2019-12874, CVE-2019-13602, CVE-2019-5439

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July 25, 2019

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security advisory DoS arbitrary code execution Ubuntu VLC

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1

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