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 Severity: Normal
    Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: November 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

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

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

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  media-video/vlc              < 2.1.2                    >= 2.1.2

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
==========

[  1 ] CVE-2010-1441
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1441
[  2 ] CVE-2010-1442
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1442
[  3 ] CVE-2010-1443
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1443
[  4 ] CVE-2010-1444
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1444
[  5 ] CVE-2010-1445
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1445
[  6 ] CVE-2010-2062
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2062
[  7 ] CVE-2010-2937
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2937
[  8 ] CVE-2010-3124
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3124
[  9 ] CVE-2010-3275
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3275
[ 10 ] CVE-2010-3276
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3276
[ 11 ] CVE-2010-3907
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3907
[ 12 ] CVE-2011-0021
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0021
[ 13 ] CVE-2011-0522
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0522
[ 14 ] CVE-2011-0531
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0531
[ 15 ] CVE-2011-1087
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1087
[ 16 ] CVE-2011-1684
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1684
[ 17 ] CVE-2011-2194
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2194
[ 18 ] CVE-2011-2587
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2587
[ 19 ] CVE-2011-2588
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2588
[ 20 ] CVE-2011-3623
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3623
[ 21 ] CVE-2012-0023
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0023
[ 22 ] CVE-2012-1775
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1775
[ 23 ] CVE-2012-1776
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1776
[ 24 ] CVE-2012-2396
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2396
[ 25 ] CVE-2012-3377
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3377
[ 26 ] CVE-2012-5470
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5470
[ 27 ] CVE-2012-5855
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5855
[ 28 ] CVE-2013-1868
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1868
[ 29 ] CVE-2013-1954
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1954
[ 30 ] CVE-2013-3245
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3245
[ 31 ] CVE-2013-4388
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4388
[ 32 ] CVE-2013-6283
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6283
[ 33 ] CVE-2013-6934
       https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6934

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-01.xml

Concerns?
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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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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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