VLC Media Player < 2.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78626

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An error exists in the png_push_read_chunk() function within the file 'pngpread.c' from the included libpng library that can allow denial of service attacks.
(CVE-2014-0333)

- A buffer overflow error exists in the read_server_hello() function within the file 'lib/gnutls_handshake.c' from the included GnuTLS library that can allow arbitrary code execution or denial of service. (CVE-2014-3466)

- A heap-based buffer overflow error exists in the transcode module due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling invalid channel counts. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6440)

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.5 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.1.5.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78626

File Name: vlc_2_1_5.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/22/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-6440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VLC media player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0333, CVE-2014-3466, CVE-2014-6440

BID: 65776, 67741, 72950

CERT: 684412