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FreeBSD : vlc -- arbitrary pointer dereference vulnerability (a0a4e24c-4760-11e5-9391-3c970e169bc2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85574

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Synopsis

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

Description

oCERT reports :

The stable VLC version suffers from an arbitrary pointer dereference vulnerability.

The vulnerability affects the 3GP file format parser, insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via the heap memory. A specific 3GP file can be crafted to trigger the vulnerability.

Credit: vulnerability reported by Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0401201e

http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?deff2da1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85574

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a0a4e24c476011e593913c970e169bc2.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5949