[Cucumber-linux-security] vlc (security update is available)

[Scott C. <z5...@z5...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for vlc for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Tue Dec 5 22:15:48 EST 2017
xapps-base/vlc upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 to fix two security vulnerabilities:
	CVE-2017-9300 and CVE-2017-10699, both of which are buffer overflow
	vulnerabilities which could result in a denial of service. CVE-2017-10699
	can also possibly result in arbitrary code execution. For more
	information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9300
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=140
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10699
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=141
multilib/xapps-base/vlc-lib_i686 upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 (x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-140 [CVE-2017-9300]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=140)
  * CLD-141 [CVE-2017-10699]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=141)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure vlc is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle
will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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