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FreeBSD : vlc -- unintended code execution with specially crafted data (752ce039-5242-11df-9139-00242b513d7c)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46214

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Synopsis

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

Description

VideoLAN project reports :

VLC media player suffers from various vulnerabilities when attempting to parse malformatted or overly long byte streams.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1003.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2c43d12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46214

File Name: freebsd_pkg_752ce039524211df913900242b513d7c.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/3/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:vlc, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2010

Reference Information

BID: 39629