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Severity: Normal
Title: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 06, 2019
Bugs: #689974
ID: 201909-02

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Synopsis
========

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

Background
==========

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 < 3.0.8 >= 3.0.8

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
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-13602
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13602
[ 2 ] CVE-2019-13962
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13962
[ 3 ] CVE-2019-14437
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14437
[ 4 ] CVE-2019-14438
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14438
[ 5 ] CVE-2019-14498
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14498
[ 6 ] CVE-2019-14533
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14533
[ 7 ] CVE-2019-14534
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14534
[ 8 ] CVE-2019-14535
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14535
[ 9 ] CVE-2019-14776
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14776
[ 10 ] CVE-2019-14777
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14777
[ 11 ] CVE-2019-14778
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14778
[ 12 ] CVE-2019-14970
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14970

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

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02

Concerns?
=========

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