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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2147: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2147: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/12/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-vlc

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