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VLC Media Player < 2.0.6 ASF Demuxer Buffer Overflow

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801169

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability

Description

The remote host contains VLC player, a multi-media application.

Versions of VLC media player earlier than 2.0.6 are potentially affected by a a buffer overflow vulnerability related to the ASF demuxer plugin

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 2.0.6 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1302.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?b8052708

http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/8024a

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.0.6.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801169

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/29/2013

Nessus ID: 66216

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1954

BID: 57333