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openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2016-213)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88773

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for vlc fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2015-5949: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file (boo#965227)

Solution

Update the affected vlc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=965227

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88773

File Name: openSUSE-2016-213.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:novell:opensuse:libvlc5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlc5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlccore8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvlccore8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-gnome-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-nox-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vlc-qt-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5949