[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201603-08 ] VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201603-08

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https://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: March 12, 2016

Bugs: #534532, #537154, #542222, #558418

ID: 201603-08

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC allowing remote

attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

 

Background

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

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 media-video/vlc < 2.2.1-r1 >= 2.2.1-r1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the

CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial

of Service.

 

Workaround

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There is no known work around at this time.

 

Resolution

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All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.1-r1"

 

References

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[ 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

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5