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VLC Media Player 2.x < 2.1.2 Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8651

Synopsis

The remote host contains a media application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is earlier than 2.1.2. As such, it reportedly includes a version of Live Networks' Live555 Streaming Media library earlier than 2013.11.29. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'parseRTSPRequestString()' function in that library exists that could lead to a program crash or arbitrary code execution when handling a specially crafted RTSP message.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 2.1.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?011ac987

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8651

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/22/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 72279

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6933, CVE-2013-6934

BID: 65131, 65139