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GLSA-201707-10 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 101341

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-10 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted subtitles file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vlc-2.2.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101341

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201707-10.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 7/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vlc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8310, CVE-2017-8311, CVE-2017-8312, CVE-2017-8313

GLSA: 201707-10