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VLC Media Player GnuTLS and Libxml2 Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA30560
Release Date: 2008-06-09
Popularity: 4,227 views

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

Software:VLC media player 0.x

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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.

Change Page:
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