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Debian DSA-5545-1 : vlc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 184319

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5545 advisory.

 An out-of-bounds write was discovered in the MMS demuxer of the VLC media player. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages. For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb12u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/vlc

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/vlc

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5545

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/vlc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184319

File Name: debian_DSA-5545.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlccore9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-notify, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-visualization, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-fluidsynth, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-skins2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-video-splitter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-video-output, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-qt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-access-extra, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-samba, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-svg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlccore-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-jack, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc-bin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2023