VLC Security Update

Hi, It looks like there was a critical security vulnerability discovered recently in vlc and it was fixed in version 2.2.6. https://torrentfreak.com/malicious-subtitles-threaten-kodi-vlc-and-popcorn-time-users-researchers-warn-170523/ It seems that Ubuntu 16.04 is out of date. Can this please

Re: VLC Security Update

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:14:09AM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > It can most likely be updated, but needs a volunteer to contribute the > update. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures for > details on how to contribute. > > It looks like the required patches are identified at >

Re: VLC Security Update

Thanks for the notification. This is a serious breach. On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 5:31 PM, a a wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like there was a critical security vulnerability discovered > recently in vlc and it was fixed in version 2.2.6. > >

Re: VLC Security Update

Hi, On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 03:31:02PM -0600, a a wrote: > It seems that Ubuntu 16.04 is out of date. Can this please be updated > to the most recent version to mitigate this security issue? It can most likely be updated, but needs a volunteer to contribute the update. See