Debian DSA-2211-1 : vlc - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 53304

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file.

This update also provides updated packages for oldstable (lenny) for vulnerabilities, which have already been addressed in Debian stable (squeeze), either during the freeze or in DSA-2159(CVE-2010-0522, CVE-2010-1441, CVE-2010-1442 and CVE-2011-0531 ).

Solution

Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6.h-4+lenny3.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze4.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53304

File Name: debian_DSA-2211.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/7/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (VLC AMV Dangling Pointer Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276

BID: 47012

DSA: 2211

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