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GLSA-200807-13 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 33779
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-200807-13 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities)Remi Denis-Courmont reported that VLC loads plugins from the current working directory in an unsafe manner (CVE-2008-2147).
Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research) reported an integer overflow error in the Open() function in the file modules/demux/wav.c (CVE-2008-2430).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .wav file, and a local attacker could entice a user to run VLC from a directory containing specially crafted modules, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vlc-0.8.6i'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33779
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200807-13.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/1/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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
Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2147, CVE-2008-2430