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GLSA-200707-12 : VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 25808

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200707-12 (VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities)

 David Thiel from iSEC Partners Inc. discovered format string errors in various plugins when parsing data. The affected plugins include Vorbis, Theora, CDDA and SAP.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VLC media player.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All VLC media player users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vlc-0.8.6c'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200707-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25808

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200707-12.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vlc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3316

GLSA: 200707-12