VLC Media Player < 0.8.6h Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 33278

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VLC Media Player installed on the remote host reportedly includes versions of GnuTLS, libgcrypt, and libxml2 that are affected by various denial of service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 0.8.6h or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33278

File Name: vlc_0_8_6h.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/30/2008

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6284, CVE-2008-1948, CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950

BID: 27248, 29292

CWE: 189, 287, 399