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Posted on 21 November 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4045-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 21, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : vlc
CVE ID : CVE-2017-9300 CVE-2017-10699
Several vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the VideoLAN project's
media player. Processing malformed media files could lead to denial of
service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.2.7-1~deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.7-1~deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.
For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
