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Ubuntu 19.04 & 18.04 LTS: USN-4131-1 Moderate: VLC Remote Attack

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Updates addressing various security flaws in VLC have been rolled out for Ubuntu versions 19.04 and 18.04 LTS, enhancing both user safety and system reliability.
Several security issues were fixed in VLC.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in VLC.

Software Description:

- vlc: multimedia player and streamer

Details:

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a

user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker

could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS remote attack Ubuntu update instructions vlc

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  vlc                             3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  vlc                             3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4131-1

CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438, CVE-2019-14498,

CVE-2019-14533, CVE-2019-14534, CVE-2019-14535, CVE-2019-14776,

CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778, CVE-2019-14970

September 11, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS remote attack Ubuntu update instructions vlc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1

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