This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to
multiple vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vlc_media_player_mult_vuln_mar12_lin.nasl 5956 2017-04-14 09:02:12Z teissa $
#
# VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Mar 12 (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted streams.
Impact Level: System/Application";
tag_affected = "VLC media player version prior to 2.0.1 on Linux";
tag_insight = "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.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.1 or later
For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to
multiple vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(802723);
script_version("$Revision: 5956 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1775", "CVE-2012-1776");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-14 11:02:12 +0200 (Fri, 14 Apr 2017) $");
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 12 (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 Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
script_require_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
## Variable Initialization
vlcVer = "";
## Get the version from KB
vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
if(!vlcVer){
exit(0);
}
## Check for VLC Media Player Version less than 2.0.1
if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.1")){
security_message(0);
}