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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-25 (vlc)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200804-25.

Insight

Insight

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vlc-0.8.6f' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200804-25 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214277 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml