GLSA 201411-01: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/05/2014
Bugs:	#279340, #285370, #316709, #332361, #350933, #352206, #352776, #353326, #360189, #363359, #370321, #375167, #385953, #395543, #408881, #414409, #424435, #442758, #450438, #454650, #476436, #486902, #493710, #499806
ID:	201411-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could lead to user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/vlc	< 2.1.2	>= 2.1.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file using VLC, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.1.2"
    

References

• CVE-2010-1441
• CVE-2010-1442
• CVE-2010-1443
• CVE-2010-1444
• CVE-2010-1445
• CVE-2010-2062
• CVE-2010-2937
• CVE-2010-3124
• CVE-2010-3275
• CVE-2010-3276
• CVE-2010-3907
• CVE-2011-0021
• CVE-2011-0522
• CVE-2011-0531
• CVE-2011-1087
• CVE-2011-1684
• CVE-2011-2194
• CVE-2011-2587
• CVE-2011-2588
• CVE-2011-3623
• CVE-2012-0023
• CVE-2012-1775
• CVE-2012-1776
• CVE-2012-2396
• CVE-2012-3377
• CVE-2012-5470
• CVE-2012-5855
• CVE-2013-1868
• CVE-2013-1954
• CVE-2013-3245
• CVE-2013-4388
• CVE-2013-6283
• CVE-2013-6934

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-01.xml

Concerns?

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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