Executive Summary

Summary
Title vlc security update
Informations
Name DSA-2211 First vendor Publication 2011-04-06
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2011-04-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file.

This update also provides updated packages for oldstable (lenny) for vulnerabilities, which have already been addressed in Debian stable (squeeze), either during the freeze or in DSA-2159. (CVE-2010-0522, CVE-2010-1441, CVE-2010-1442, CVE-2011-0531)

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6.h-4+lenny3.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2211

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
67 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
17 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
17 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11992
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11992
Title: DSA-2211-1 vlc -- missing input sanitising
Description: Ricardo Narvaja discovered that missing input sanitising in VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed media file. This update also provides updated packages for oldstable for vulnerabilities, which have already been addressed in Debian stable , either during the freeze or in DSA-2159
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2211-1
CVE-2010-3275
CVE-2010-3276
CVE-2010-0522
CVE-2010-1441
CVE-2010-1442
CVE-2011-0531
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): vlc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12415
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12415
Title: Denial of service vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.7
Description: demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-0531
 Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12718
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12718
Title: DSA-2159-1 vlc -- missing input sanitising
Description: Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2159-1
CVE-2011-0531
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): vlc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14718
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14718
Title: libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an AMV file, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
Description: libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an AMV file, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-3275
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14873
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14873
Title: libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an NSV file
Description: libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an NSV file.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-3276
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 106
Os 1

SAINT Exploits

Description Link
VideoLAN VLC Media Player MKV Demuxer Code Execution More info here

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2011-03-26 VLC AMV Dangling Pointer Vulnerability

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-05-12 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2211-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_2211_1.nasl
2011-04-01 Name : VLC Media Player AMV and NSV Data Processing Memory Corruption vulnerability ...
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_mem_crptn_vuln_win.nasl
2011-03-07 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2159-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_2159_1.nasl
2011-03-05 Name : FreeBSD Ports: vlc
File : nvt/freebsd_vlc4.nasl
2011-02-23 Name : VLC Media Player '.mkv' Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_code_exec_vuln_lin.nasl
2011-02-23 Name : VLC Media Player '.mkv' Code Execution Vulnerability (Windows)
File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_code_exec_vuln_win.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_6_3_secupd_2010-002.nasl
2010-05-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: vlc
File : nvt/freebsd_vlc2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
74734 VLC Media Player AVI / ASF / Matroska (MKV) Decoding Unspecified DoS
74733 VLC Media Player A/52 / DTS / MPEG Audio Decoding Overflow
71278 VLC Media Player libdirectx_plugin.dll NSV File Large Video Dimension Overflow

VLC Media Player is prone to an overflow condition. libdirectx_plugin.dll fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted width in an NSV file, a context-dependent attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code.
71277 VLC Media Player libdirectx_plugin.dll AMV File Large Video Dimension Overflow

VLC Media Player is prone to an overflow condition. libdirectx_plugin.dll fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted width in an AMV file, a context-dependent attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code.
70698 VLC Media Player MKV Demuxer modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp MKV_IS_ID Macro Arbitr...

VLC Media Player contains an input validation error within the 'MKV_IS_ID' macro in 'modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp' of the MKV demuxer. This may be exploited by a context-dependent attacker with a crafted MKV file to execute arbitrary code.
63387 Apple Mac OS X Server Admin Screen Sharing Revoked Administrator Persistent A...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC webm memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 24283 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC webm memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 20227 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC Media Player libdirectx_plugin.dll AMV parsing buffer overflow a...
RuleID : 19883 - Revision : 7 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201411-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-07 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-25 Name : The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by multiple ...
File : vlc_1_1_8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-02 Name : The remote Windows host contains an media player that is affected by a code e...
File : vlc_1_1_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-26 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that suffers from multiple vu...
File : vlc_1_0_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-29 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2010-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-12-27 00:26:26
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2014-02-17 11:30:04
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2013-05-11 00:44:01
  • Multiple Updates