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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202409-17
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: VLC: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: September 22, 2024
     Bugs: #788226, #883943, #917274
       ID: 202409-17

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

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

Affected packages
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Package          Vulnerable    Unaffected
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media-video/vlc  < 3.0.20      >= 3.0.20

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-3.0.20"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-41325
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41325

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

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-17

Concerns?
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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 2024 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