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Debian DSA-5545-1 : vlc - security update

🗓️ 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Debian DSA-5545-1 : vlc - security update. The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5545 advisory

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5545. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(184319);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/01/24");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5545-1 : vlc - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5545
advisory.

    An out-of-bounds write was discovered in the MMS demuxer of the VLC media player. For the oldstable
    distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb11u1. For the stable
    distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb12u1. We recommend that you
    upgrade your vlc packages. For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to its security tracker
    page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/vlc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5545");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/vlc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/vlc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the vlc packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb12u1.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlc5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlccore-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvlccore9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-l10n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-access-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-fluidsynth");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-jack");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-notify");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-qt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-samba");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-skins2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-svg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-video-output");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-video-splitter");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vlc-plugin-visualization");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(11)\.[0-9]+|^(12)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0 / 12.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc-bin', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc-dev', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc5', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libvlccore-dev', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libvlccore9', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-bin', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-data', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-l10n', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-access-extra', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-base', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-fluidsynth', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-jack', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-notify', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-qt', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-samba', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-skins2', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-svg', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-video-output', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-video-splitter', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-visualization', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb11u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc-bin', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc-dev', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libvlc5', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libvlccore-dev', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libvlccore9', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-bin', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-data', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-l10n', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-access-extra', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-base', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-fluidsynth', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-jack', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-notify', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-qt', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-samba', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-skins2', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-svg', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-video-output', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-video-splitter', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'vlc-plugin-visualization', 'reference': '3.0.20-0+deb12u1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libvlc-bin / libvlc-dev / libvlc5 / libvlccore-dev / libvlccore9 / vlc / etc');
}

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