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Debian DSA-3899-1 : vlc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101066

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the VideoLAN project's media player. Processing malformed subtitles or movie files could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6-1~deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/vlc

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3899

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101066

File Name: debian_DSA-3899.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8310, CVE-2017-8311, CVE-2017-8312, CVE-2017-8313

DSA: 3899