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TITLE:
VLC Media Player GnuTLS and Libxml2 Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30560

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30560/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VLC media player 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/7788/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VLC Media Player, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the inclusion of vulnerable
GnuTLS and Libxml2 libraries in Windows and Mac OS X packages.

For more information:
SA28444
SA30287

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 0.8.6h.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.8.6h.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6h

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28444:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28444/

SA30287:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30287/

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