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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : VLC vulnerabilities (USN-6783-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 197739

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6783-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution.

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

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6783-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 197739

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6783-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47359

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-visualization, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-notify, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlccore8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-samba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-sdl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-video-output, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-zvbi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-access-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-jack, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-svg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-l10n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlc5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-skins2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-video-splitter, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlccore9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlc-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvlccore-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-qt, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-plugin-fluidsynth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vlc-nox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-47359, CVE-2023-47360

IAVB: 2024-B-0004-S

USN: 6783-1