Executive Summary
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | vlc security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-2257 | First vendor Publication | 2011-06-10 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2011-06-10 |
| 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
| Rocco Calvi discovered that the XSPF playlist parser of vlc, a multimedia player and streamer, is prone to an integer overflow resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. This might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted file. The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze6. For the testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2257 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12757 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12757 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2257-1 kolab-cyrus-imapd -- implementation error | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that the STARTTLS implementation of the Kolab Cyrus IMAP server does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted IMAP, LMTP, NNTP and POP3 sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2257-1 CVE-2011-2194 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | kolab-cyrus-imapd |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14774 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14774 | ||
| Title: | Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 | ||
| Description: | Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2011-2194 | 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: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-08-03 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2257-1 (vlc) File : nvt/deb_2257_1.nasl |
| 2011-07-01 | Name : VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux) File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_xspf_int_overflow_vuln_lin.nasl |
| 2011-07-01 | Name : VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows) File : nvt/secpod_vlc_media_player_xspf_int_overflow_vuln_win.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 73450 | VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Parser Unspecified Overflow |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-06-09 | VideoLAN VLC Media Player XSPF integer overflow attempt RuleID : 34344 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA |
| 2015-06-09 | VideoLAN VLC Media Player XSPF integer overflow attempt RuleID : 34343 - Revision : 3 - 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 |
| 2011-06-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-06-09 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a media player that can allow code execution. File : vlc_1_1_10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:30:14 |
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