Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2007-0017 First vendor Publication 2007-01-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0017

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14313
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14313
Title: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6
Description: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-0017
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:18656
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18656
Title: DSA-1252-1 vlc
Description: Kevin Finisterre discovered several format string problems in vlc, a multimedia player and streamer, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1252-1
CVE-2007-0017
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): vlc
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for xine-ui MDKSA-2007:027 (xine-ui)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_027.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for xine-ui,xine-lib,xine-extra,xine-devel SUSE-SA:2007:013
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_013.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-24 (vlc)
File : nvt/glsa_200701_24.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1252-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_1252_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
31163 VLC Media Player udp:// URI Handling Format String

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 VLC Media Player udp URI format string attempt - multipacket
RuleID : 9846 - Revision : 7 - Type : WEB-CLIENT
2014-01-10 VLC Media Player udp URI format string attempt
RuleID : 9844 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_xine-lib-2505.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_xine-lib-2487.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_xine-lib-2488.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
File : suse_SA_2007_013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1252.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200701-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852
CONFIRM http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/18481
http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-MOAB-02-01-2007.patch
http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml
MISC http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html
http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timo...
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html
MLIST http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/31163
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/23592
http://secunia.com/advisories/23829
http://secunia.com/advisories/23910
http://secunia.com/advisories/23971
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226

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