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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201707-10">
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<title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which
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may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
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<announced>2017-07-08</announced>
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<revised count="1">2017-07-08</revised>
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<bug>619494</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.2.6</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.2.6</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the
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CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted
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subtitles file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
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of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-2.2.6"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8310">CVE-2017-8310</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8311">CVE-2017-8311</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8312">CVE-2017-8312</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8313">CVE-2017-8313</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-06-28T11:50:57Z">whissi</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-07-08T20:11:58Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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