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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-23
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Severity: Normal
Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 18, 2019
Bugs: #688642
ID: 201908-23

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 < 3.0.7 >= 3.0.7

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

Impact
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Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted
media file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-video/vlc-3.0.7”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-12874
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12874
[ 2 ] CVE-2019-5439
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5439

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23

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 2019 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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