Security Update: VLC media player 0.8.6a

[fkuehne]

Dear VideoLAN users,

This Tuesday, the so-called "Month of Apple Bugs" published a security vulnerability in VLC media player 0.8.6 down to 0.7.0, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. The issue was filed as Security Advisory 0701.

VLC media player 0.8.6a solves this problem and improves the usability of the Fullscreen Controller on Mac OS X. We strongly recommend all users to update to this new version.

You can download VLC from here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc

Packages are already available for Windows, SuSE and Mac OS X.
Other binary packages (Fedora Core RPM and BeOS) should follow soon.

For detailed technical information, please have a look at the Security Advisory:
http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html

Remember to reset your preferences if you experience problems after upgrading from a previous version.


for The VideoLAN Team,