Secunia Advisory: SA30560
Release Date: 2008-06-09
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: VLC media player 0.x
CVE reference:
CVE-2008-1948 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1949 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1950 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-6284 (Secunia mirror)
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.
Bollettino Sicurezza
Release Date: 2008-06-09
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: VLC media player 0.x
CVE reference:
CVE-2008-1948 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1949 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1950 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-6284 (Secunia mirror)
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.
Bollettino Sicurezza