gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201603-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201603-08">
  <title>VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC allowing remote
    attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild"/>
  <announced>2016-03-12</announced>
  <revised count="1">2016-03-12</revised>
  <bug>534532</bug>
  <bug>537154</bug>
  <bug>542222</bug>
  <bug>558418</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial
      of Service.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known work around at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vlc-2.2.1-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1684">CVE-2014-1684</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6440">
      CVE-2014-6440
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9597">
      CVE-2014-9597
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9598">
      CVE-2014-9598
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9625">
      CVE-2014-9625
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9626">
      CVE-2014-9626
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9627">
      CVE-2014-9627
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9628">
      CVE-2014-9628
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9629">
      CVE-2014-9629
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9630">
      CVE-2014-9630
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1202">
      CVE-2015-1202
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1203">
      CVE-2015-1203
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949">
      CVE-2015-5949
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5949">
      CVE-2015-5949
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-12-31T04:52:22Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-03-12T12:00:44Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>