Technical Description

Debian has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in VLC. This flaw is due to errors in libavcodec, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious image. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2770

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge)
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge) - Upgrade to version 0.8.1.svn20050314-1sarge1
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) - Upgrade to version 0.8.4.debian-2

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0978
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2006/msg00084.html

ChangeLog

2006-03-17 : Initial release

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