12 of the Best Media Players for Linux
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| One of the many perks of being a Linux user is that you have plenty of
| excellent software to choose from. This is especially true if you are in
| search for an essential application like a media player because there are
| definitely loads of options. However, this could sometimes be a disadvantage
| particularly to new-to-Linux users for the reason that they could get
| overwhelmed with the many choices they have.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/12-of-best-media-players-for-linux.html
Nice visual gallery and overview.
Related:
Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI File Format Handling Denial of Service
Vulnerability
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| A vulnerabilitiy has been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Player,
| which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service.
| This issue is due to a division by zero error when handling a
| specially crafted MIDI file with a header chunk containing malformed
| fields (i.e. number of tracks and delta time), which could be
| exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application via a
| specially crafted file.
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http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/5039
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