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openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2019-1840)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127743

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for vlc to version 3.0.7.1 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

	 - CVE-2019-5439: Fixed a buffer overflow (bsc#1138354).

 - CVE-2019-5459: Fixed an integer underflow (bsc#1143549).

 - CVE-2019-5460: Fixed a double free (bsc#1143547).

 - CVE-2019-12874: Fixed a double free in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp (bsc#1138933).

 - CVE-2019-13602: Fixed an integer underflow in mp4 demuxer (boo#1141522).

 - CVE-2019-13962: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in avcodec (boo#1142161).

Non-security issues fixed :

 - Video Output :

 - Fix hardware acceleration with some AMD drivers

 - Improve direct3d11 HDR support

 - Access :

 - Improve Blu-ray support

 - Audio output :

 - Fix pass-through on Android-23

 - Fix DirectSound drain

 - Demux: Improve MP4 support

 - Video Output :

 - Fix 12 bits sources playback with Direct3D11

 - Fix crash on iOS

 - Fix midstream aspect-ratio changes when Windows hardware decoding is on

 - Fix HLG display with Direct3D11

 - Stream Output: Improve Chromecast support with new ChromeCast apps

 - Misc :

 - Update Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Soundcloud scripts

 - Work around busy looping when playing an invalid item with loop enabled

 - Updated translations.

Solution

Update the affected vlc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118586

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138354

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138933

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141522

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142161

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143547

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143549

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127743

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1840.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-qt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-codec-gstreamer-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlccore9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlc5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-jack, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlccore9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-jack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlc5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-vdpau, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-codec-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-vdpau-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19857, CVE-2019-12874, CVE-2019-13602, CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-5439, CVE-2019-5459, CVE-2019-5460

IAVB: 2019-B-0074-S