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VLC < 2.0.9 DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 70560

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by denial of service vulnerability.

Description

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier. Allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 2.0.9 or later.

See Also

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70560

File Name: vlc_2_0_9.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/3/2020

Updated: 12/29/2020

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: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6283

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4388, CVE-2013-6283

BID: 61844, 62724