Please merge vlc 1.1.9-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).

Bug #760510 reported by Benjamin Drung
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Please merge vlc 1.1.9-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main). It fixes the security bug #756368.

Changes since 1.1.8-2ubuntu1:

vlc (1.1.9-1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - build and install the libx264 plugin

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:51:25 +0200

vlc (1.1.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
    - Fix heap corruption in MP4 demuxer (LP: #756368).
    - Fix fullscreen controller has no background in KDE4 (LP: #661020).
  * Refresh patches and drop backported VideoLAN-SA-1103.patch.
  * Adjust the vlc lintian-overrides for the latest lintian version.

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:18:57 +0200

vlc (1.1.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix heap corruption in MP4 demuxer
    - VideoLAN-SA-1103
    - Thanks to Rémi Denis-Courmont
  * Set urgency to medium
  * Set policy to 3.9.2 (no change needed)

 -- Christophe Mutricy <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:12:15 +0100

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :
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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

This is from NEWS (there is no upstream changelog file):

Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
--------------------------------

Windows and Mac OS X:
 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue

Demuxers:
 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)

Mac OS X Interface:
 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
 * Improve Apple Remote handling
 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)

Mac OS X Port:
 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
 * Fixes for eyeTV

Translations:
 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
   German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
 * New Luganda Translation

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Thanks, good catch. Most of the changes don't affect Linux, so this seems fine, and isn't an FFE, just a security fix. Subscribing -archive.

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - [FFe] Please merge vlc 1.1.9-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).
+ Please merge vlc 1.1.9-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).
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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

pbuilder build log

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Erm, unsubscribing -archive, this isn't a sync, but an upload. Please go ahead.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package vlc - 1.1.9-1ubuntu1

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vlc (1.1.9-1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #760510), remaining changes:
    - build and install the libx264 plugin

vlc (1.1.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
    - Fix heap corruption in MP4 demuxer (LP: #756368).
    - Fix fullscreen controller has no background in KDE4 (LP: #661020).
  * Refresh patches and drop backported VideoLAN-SA-1103.patch.
  * Adjust the vlc lintian-overrides for the latest lintian version.

vlc (1.1.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix heap corruption in MP4 demuxer
    - VideoLAN-SA-1103
    - Thanks to Rémi Denis-Courmont
  * Set urgency to medium
  * Set policy to 3.9.2 (no change needed)
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:51:25 +0200

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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