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vlc 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

vlc (2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3) xenial-security; urgency=high

  * SECURITY UPDATE: reject invalid QuickTime IMA files (LP: #1693893)
    - fix-CVE-2016-5108.patch
    - CVE-2016-5108
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Crash due to Out-of-Bound Heap Memory Write
    - fix-CVE-2017-10699.patch
    - CVE-2017-10699
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix potential out of bound reads
    - fix-CVE-2017-8310.patch
    - CVE-2017-8310
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix invalid double increment
    - fix-CVE-2017-8311.patch
    - CVE-2017-8311
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix potential heap buffer overflow
    - fix-CVE-2017-8312.patch
    - CVE-2017-8312
  * SECURITY UPDATE: ParseJSS: fix out-of-bounds read
    - fix-CVE-2017-8313.patch
    - CVE-2017-8313

 -- Simon Quigley <email address hidden>  Fri, 07 Jul 2017 06:54:34 -0500

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Uploaded by:
Simon Quigley
Sponsored by:
Emily Ratliff
Uploaded to:
Xenial
Original maintainer:
Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
any all
Section:
video
Urgency:
Very Urgent

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Binary packages built by this source

libvlc-dev: development files for libvlc

 This package contains headers and a static library required to build
 standalone applications that use VLC features.
 .
 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.

libvlc5: multimedia player and streamer library

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains the shared library required by applications using VLC
 features.

libvlc5-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libvlc5

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains the shared library required by applications using VLC
 features.

libvlccore-dev: development files for libvlccore

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains headers and a static library required to build plugins
 for VLC.

libvlccore8: base library for VLC and its modules

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains the shared library required by VLC modules and libvlc.

libvlccore8-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libvlccore8

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains the shared library required by VLC modules and libvlc.

vlc: multimedia player and streamer

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
 reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
 them through HTTP.
 .
 VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
 for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
 most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
 installing additional plugins (vlc-plugin-fluidsynth, vlc-plugin-jack,
 vlc-plugin-notify, vlc-plugin-samba, vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-svg,
 vlc-plugin-zvbi).

vlc-data: Common data for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This package contains localisations, HTTP interface files, and Lua scripts for
 VLC media player.

vlc-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
 reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
 them through HTTP.
 .
 VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
 for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
 most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
 installing additional plugins (vlc-plugin-fluidsynth, vlc-plugin-jack,
 vlc-plugin-notify, vlc-plugin-samba, vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-svg,
 vlc-plugin-zvbi).

vlc-nox: multimedia player and streamer (without X support)

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
 reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
 them through HTTP.
 .
 VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
 for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
 most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
 installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-jack) or
 video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl).
 .
 This package contains a version of VLC that does not require X and that is
 thus suitable for headless servers.

vlc-nox-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-nox

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
 reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
 them through HTTP.
 .
 VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
 for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
 most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
 installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-jack) or
 video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl).
 .
 This package contains a version of VLC that does not require X and that is
 thus suitable for headless servers.

vlc-plugin-fluidsynth: FluidSynth plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth software
 synthesizer to the VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth software
 synthesizer to the VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-jack: Jack audio plugins for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 These plugins add support for JACK to the VLC media player. To
 activate the audio output module, use the `--aout jack' flag or
 select the `jack' audio output plugin from the preferences menu.
 For the jack input, use `vlc jack://channels=...:ports=...'

vlc-plugin-jack-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-jack

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 These plugins add support for JACK to the VLC media player. To
 activate the audio output module, use the `--aout jack' flag or
 select the `jack' audio output plugin from the preferences menu.
 For the jack input, use `vlc jack://channels=...:ports=...'

vlc-plugin-notify: LibNotify plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for libnotify track change notification to the
 VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-notify-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-notify

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for libnotify track change notification to the
 VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-samba: Samba plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support to access Samba shares from the VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-samba-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-samba

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support to access Samba shares from the VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-sdl: SDL video and audio output plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for the Simple DirectMedia Layer library to
 the VLC media player. To activate it, use the `--vout sdl' or
 `--aout sdl' flags or select the `sdl' video or audio output plugin
 from the preferences menu.

vlc-plugin-sdl-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-sdl

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for the Simple DirectMedia Layer library to
 the VLC media player. To activate it, use the `--vout sdl' or
 `--aout sdl' flags or select the `sdl' video or audio output plugin
 from the preferences menu.

vlc-plugin-svg: SVG plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin allows you to render SVG graphics on top of the video. It is a text
 renderer, and must be activated through the '--text-renderer svg' option. When
 sent non-SVG data, it will convert it to SVG using a template that can be
 specified by the svg-template-file option.

vlc-plugin-svg-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-svg

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin allows you to render SVG graphics on top of the video. It is a text
 renderer, and must be activated through the '--text-renderer svg' option. When
 sent non-SVG data, it will convert it to SVG using a template that can be
 specified by the svg-template-file option.

vlc-plugin-zvbi: VBI teletext plugin for VLC

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for VBI teletext to the VLC media player.

vlc-plugin-zvbi-dbgsym: debug symbols for package vlc-plugin-zvbi

 VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
 DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
 podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
 .
 This plugin adds support for VBI teletext to the VLC media player.