MGASA-2019-0233

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    MGASA-2019-0233

    Published: 31 Aug 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities: Multiple security issues were discovered in the VLC media player, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service if a malformed file/stream is processed (CVE-2019-13602, CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438, CVE-2019-14498, CVE-2019-14533, CVE-2019-14534, CVE-2019-14535, CVE-2019-14776, CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778, CVE-2019-14970). The vlc package has been updated to version 3.0.8, fixing these issues and other bugs. In Mageia 6, the libebml package has been updated to version 1.3.7, which is needed for Matroska support.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0233.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25284, https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html, https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.8-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High