Alpine: multiple vlc packages: security update to 2.2.1-r3 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401023

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file, which triggers the freeing of arbitrary pointers.
(CVE-2015-5949)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401023

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5949

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5949

BID: 76448

Detections

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