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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4704-1 vlc -- security update

Date Reported:

16 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

vlc

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-13428.

More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in the VLC media player, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service if a malformed video file is opened.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11-0+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11-0+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc