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.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 0.8.6h.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Update to version 0.8.6h.
Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor.
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