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VLC Media Player 0.5.0 to 1.1.10 Multiple Buffer Overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 55608

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that can allow code execution.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is between 0.5.0 and 1.1.10. As such, it is reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - An integer overflow error exists in the handling of the RealAudio portions of RealMedia files. (VideoLAN-SA-1105)

 - An integer underflow error exists in the handling of 'strf' portions of AVI files. (VideoLAN-SA-1106)

Exploiting these vulnerabilities can lead to application crashes and possibly code execution through heap-based buffer overflows.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.1.11 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1105.html

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1106.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55608

File Name: vlc_1_1_11.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/18/2011

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2587, CVE-2011-2588

BID: 48664

Secunia: 45066