VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201909-02

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

media-video/vlc on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.0.8
Unaffected versions >= 3.0.8

Background

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

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

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-3.0.8"
 

References

Release date
September 06, 2019

Latest revision
September 06, 2019: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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