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| From: | Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201603-08 ] VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:08:46 |
| Message-Id: | 56E40538.5070903@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201603-08 |
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| 4 | https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: March 12, 2016 |
| 10 | Bugs: #534532, #537154, #542222, #558418 |
| 11 | ID: 201603-08 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC allowing remote |
| 19 | attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Affected packages |
| 27 | ================= |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 31 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 32 | 1 media-video/vlc < 2.2.1-r1 >= 2.2.1-r1 |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Description |
| 35 | =========== |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the |
| 38 | CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Impact |
| 41 | ====== |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial |
| 44 | of Service. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Workaround |
| 47 | ========== |
| 48 | |
| 49 | There is no known work around at this time. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Resolution |
| 52 | ========== |
| 53 | |
| 54 | All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 55 | |
| 56 | # emerge --sync |
| 57 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.1-r1" |
| 58 | |
| 59 | References |
| 60 | ========== |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [ 1 ] CVE-2014-1684 |
| 63 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1684 |
| 64 | [ 2 ] CVE-2014-6440 |
| 65 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6440 |
| 66 | [ 3 ] CVE-2014-9597 |
| 67 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9597 |
| 68 | [ 4 ] CVE-2014-9598 |
| 69 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9598 |
| 70 | [ 5 ] CVE-2014-9625 |
| 71 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9625 |
| 72 | [ 6 ] CVE-2014-9626 |
| 73 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9626 |
| 74 | [ 7 ] CVE-2014-9627 |
| 75 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9627 |
| 76 | [ 8 ] CVE-2014-9628 |
| 77 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9628 |
| 78 | [ 9 ] CVE-2014-9629 |
| 79 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9629 |
| 80 | [ 10 ] CVE-2014-9630 |
| 81 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9630 |
| 82 | [ 11 ] CVE-2015-1202 |
| 83 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1202 |
| 84 | [ 12 ] CVE-2015-1203 |
| 85 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1203 |
| 86 | [ 13 ] CVE-2015-5949 |
| 87 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949 |
| 88 | [ 14 ] CVE-2015-5949 |
| 89 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949 |
| 90 | |
| 91 | Availability |
| 92 | ============ |
| 93 | |
| 94 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 95 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 96 | |
| 97 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 |
| 98 | |
| 99 | Concerns? |
| 100 | ========= |
| 101 | |
| 102 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 103 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 104 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 105 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 106 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 107 | |
| 108 | License |
| 109 | ======= |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 112 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 113 | |
| 114 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 115 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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