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vlc: 2.2.4 -> 2.2.5.1 with fix for subtitle vulnerability #26047

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Motivation for this change

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/

I have tried it out on unstable incl nox-review wip but I'm guessing we
need this badly on stable too.

cc: @grahamc

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  • Tested using sandboxing
    (nix.useSandbox on NixOS,
    or option build-use-sandbox in nix.conf
    on non-NixOS)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • Linux
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

Fixes a nasty vulnerability caused by broken subtitle handling:

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/
(cherry picked from commit 4e2b190)
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grahamc commented May 24, 2017

Incredible. Applying, thank you!

@grahamc grahamc merged commit ea6d620 into NixOS:release-17.03 May 24, 2017
@peterhoeg peterhoeg deleted the f/vlc branch May 24, 2017 12:23
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vlc: 2.2.4 -> 2.2.5.1 with fix for subtitle vulnerability
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