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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2159-1 (vlc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to vlc announced via advisory DSA 2159-1.
Insight
Insight
Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze3. The version of vlc in the oldstable distribution (lenny) is affected by further issues and will be addressed in a followup DSA. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.7-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.