openSUSE 15 Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-SU-2022:10252-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169346

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10252-1 advisory.

- In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

- In append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
Android-11Android ID: A-174302683 (CVE-2021-0561)

- An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions. (CVE-2022-41325)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200944

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206142

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f0b6489

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0499

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0561

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41325

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169346

File Name: openSUSE-2022-10252-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2022

Updated: 9/11/2023

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: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0561

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41325

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlccore9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlc5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-opencv, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-codec-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-vdpau, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-jack, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0499, CVE-2021-0561, CVE-2022-41325