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Gentoo update for vlc
Secunia Advisory:	SA29800	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-04-24
Popularity:	5,476 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-6681 CVE-2008-0073 CVE-2008-1489 CVE-2008-1768 CVE-2008-1769 CVE-2008-1881

Description: Gentoo has issued an update for vlc. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. For more information: SA28233 SA29503 Solution: Update to "media-video/vlc-0.8.6f" or later. Original Advisory: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml Other References: SA28233: http://secunia.com/advisories/28233/ SA29503: http://secunia.com/advisories/29503/

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