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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200701-24">
+  <title>VLC media player: Format string vulnerability</title>
+  <synopsis>
+    VLC media player improperly handles format strings, allowing for the
+    execution of arbitrary code.
+  </synopsis>
+  <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
+  <announced>2007-01-26</announced>
+  <revised count="01">2007-01-26</revised>
+  <bug>159845</bug>
+  <access>remote</access>
+  <affected>
+    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
+      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.6-r1</unaffected>
+      <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.6-r1</vulnerable>
+    </package>
+  </affected>
+  <background>
+    <p>
+    VLC media player is a multimedia player for various audio and video
+    formats.
+    </p>
+  </background>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+    Kevin Finisterre has discovered that when handling media locations,
+    various functions throughout VLC media player make improper use of
+    format strings.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <impact type="normal">
+    <p>
+    An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
+    location or M3U file with VLC media player, and execute arbitrary code
+    on the system with the rights of the user running VLC media player.
+    </p>
+  </impact>
+  <workaround>
+    <p>
+    There is no known workaround at this time.
+    </p>
+  </workaround>
+  <resolution>
+    <p>
+    All VLC media player users should upgrade to the latest version:
+    </p>
+    <code>
+    # emerge --sync
+    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1"</code>
+  </resolution>
+  <references>
+    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0017">CVE-2007-0017</uri>
+  </references>
+  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-01-15T23:30:46Z">
+    falco
+  </metadata>
+  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-01-16T17:08:55Z">
+    falco
+  </metadata>
+  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-01-18T02:10:51Z">
+    shellsage
+  </metadata>
+</glsa>