tag 405425 +fixed-upstream patch thanks Upstream patch for this bug: http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
By the way, if this bug is for you a "root security hole", then you are doing really reckless stuff with your root account, like running as root a program that does not need to be run as root with untrusted and unchecked input downloaded from internet. -- Zorglub Clément Stenac