Executive Summary

Summary
Title VLC Media Player format string vulnerability
Informations
Name VU#200928 First vendor Publication 2007-07-23
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2007-07-24
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

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

Vulnerability Note VU#200928

VLC Media Player format string vulnerability

Overview

VLC contains a format string vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute code.

I. Description

VideoLAN (VLC) is a streaming media player that runs on multiple platforms.

From VideoLAN Security Advisory 0702:


    VLC media player Ogg/Vorbis, Ogg/Theora, CDDA (CD Digital Audio) and SAP (Service Announce Protocol) plugins are prone to a C-style format string vulnerability when trying to parse a media data stream.

    Valid but carefully crafted .ogg (Vorbis) or .ogm (Theora) files, CDDB entries or SAP/SDP messages can trigger the bug. We therefore consider this bug to have a high severity.
Note that VLC distributes a plugin for Mozilla-based browsers. If the VLC browser plugin is used, an attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to go to a webpage.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VLC.

III. Solution

Upgrade
VLC media player 0.8.6c has been released to address this issue.
Disable the affected components

Disabling the affected VLC plugins and components may mitigate this vulnerability. See the workarounds section of VideoLAN Security Advisory 0702 for more details.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
VideoLANVulnerable23-Jul-2007

References


http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html
http://www.tech-faq.com/format-string-vulnerability.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24555
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2262
http://secunia.com/advisories/25753
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-001-vlc.txt

Credit

Thanks to the VLC team for information that was used in this report.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

Date Public06/20/2007
Date First Published07/23/2007 11:23:22 AM
Date Last Updated07/24/2007
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2007-3316
Metric8.82
Document Revision13

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200928

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14600
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14600
Title: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c
Description: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-3316
 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 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200707-12 (vlc)
File : nvt/glsa_200707_12.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: vlc
File : nvt/freebsd_vlc.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1332-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_1332_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
37382 VLC Media Player Service Announce Protocol (SAP) Multicast Packet Format String
37381 VLC Media Player CD Digital Audio (CDDA) Plugin CDDB Entry Processing Format ...
37380 VLC Media Player Ogg/Theora File Handling Plugin Format String

VLC Media Player contains a format string vulnerability that may allow a malicious user to excecute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted .ogm (Theora) file is processed by the player. It is possible that the flaw may allow code excecution and memory corruption resulting in a loss of integrity.
37379 VLC Media Player Ogg/Vorbis File Handling Plugin Format String

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-10-03 VideoLAN VLC Media Player Ogg/Vorbis denial of service attempt
RuleID : 44205 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2017-10-03 VideoLAN VLC Media Player Ogg/Vorbis denial of service attempt
RuleID : 44204 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-07-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200707-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1332.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-01 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_7128fb45263311dc94da0016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO