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VLC Media Player < 2.0.1 Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801176

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors

Description

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

Versions of VLC media player earlier than 2.0.1 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A stack overflow exists in MMS support. (CVE-2012-1775)

 - Multiple heap overflows exist in Real RTSP support. (CVE-2012-1776)

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 2.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://.videolan.org/security/sa1201.html

http://.videolan.org/security/sa1202.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801176

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/21/2012

Nessus ID: 58416

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2012

Exploitable With

Metasploit (windows/browser/vlc_mms_bof.rb)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1775, CVE-2012-1776

BID: 52550, 53391