Debian DSA-4045-1 : vlc - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104724

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the VideoLAN project's media player. Processing malformed media files could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.7-1~deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.7-1~deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104724

File Name: debian_DSA-4045.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10699, CVE-2017-9300

DSA: 4045

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