Based on description of both commit (http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f) and vulnerability itself I'd say that this isn't really a problem on Linux (the code affected isn't even compiled on Linux).
** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- Please merge transmission 1.0.1-1 from Debian unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
