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TITLE:
Gentoo update for vlc

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31317

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/31317/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for vlc. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information see vulnerability #2 in:
SA29878

SOLUTION:
Update to "media-video/vlc-0.8.6i" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29878:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29878/

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