VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2012) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802723");
  script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1775", "CVE-2012-1776");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-03-21 11:52:20 +0530 (Wed, 21 Mar 2012)");
  script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2012) - Linux");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1202.html");

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or
  possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted streams.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version prior to 2.0.1 on Linux");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to multiple buffer overflow errors in the
  application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
  crafted MMS:// stream and Real RTSP streams.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.1 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.1")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"2.0.1");
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
}