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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4131-1
September 11, 2019
vlc vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 19.04
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in VLC.
Software Description:
– vlc: multimedia player and streamer
Details:
It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker
could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
vlc 3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
vlc 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1
CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438, CVE-2019-14498,
CVE-2019-14533, CVE-2019-14534, CVE-2019-14535, CVE-2019-14776,
CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778, CVE-2019-14970
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
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