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Debian DSA-3342-1 : vlc - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85590

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Synopsis

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

Description

Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files.

Solution

Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.0~rc2-2+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/vlc

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85590

File Name: debian_DSA-3342.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5949

DSA: 3342