The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-13 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC:
Michal Luczaj and Luigi Auriemma reported that VLC contains boundary errors when handling subtitles in the ParseMicroDvd(), ParseSSA(), and ParseVplayer() functions in the modules/demux/subtitle.c file, allowing for a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681).
The web interface listening on port 8080/tcp contains a format string error in the httpd_FileCallBack() function in the network/httpd.c file (CVE-2007-6682).
The browser plugin possibly contains an argument injection vulnerability (CVE-2007-6683).
The RSTP module triggers a NULL pointer dereference when processing a request without a 'Transport' parameter (CVE-2007-6684).
Luigi Auriemma and Remi Denis-Courmont found a boundary error in the modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c file when processing SDP data for RTSP sessions (CVE-2008-0295) and a vulnerability in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin (CVE-2008-0296), possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow.
Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco (Core Security Technologies) discovered an arbitrary memory overwrite vulnerability in VLC's MPEG-4 file format parser (CVE-2008-0984).
Impact :
A remote attacker could send a long subtitle in a file that a user is enticed to open, a specially crafted MP4 input file, long SDP data, or a specially crafted HTTP request with a 'Connection' header value containing format specifiers, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code. Also, a Denial of Service could be caused and arbitrary files could be overwritten via the 'demuxdump-file' option in a filename in a playlist or via an EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-13.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(31439);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6681", "CVE-2007-6682", "CVE-2007-6683", "CVE-2007-6684", "CVE-2008-0295", "CVE-2008-0296", "CVE-2008-0984");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200803-13");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200803-13 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-13
(VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC:
Michal Luczaj
and Luigi Auriemma reported that VLC contains boundary errors when
handling subtitles in the ParseMicroDvd(), ParseSSA(), and
ParseVplayer() functions in the modules/demux/subtitle.c file, allowing
for a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681).
The web
interface listening on port 8080/tcp contains a format string error in
the httpd_FileCallBack() function in the network/httpd.c file
(CVE-2007-6682).
The browser plugin possibly contains an
argument injection vulnerability (CVE-2007-6683).
The RSTP
module triggers a NULL pointer dereference when processing a request
without a 'Transport' parameter (CVE-2007-6684).
Luigi
Auriemma and Remi Denis-Courmont found a boundary error in the
modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c file when processing SDP data for
RTSP sessions (CVE-2008-0295) and a vulnerability in the
libaccess_realrtsp plugin (CVE-2008-0296), possibly resulting in a
heap-based buffer overflow.
Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco
(Core Security Technologies) discovered an arbitrary memory overwrite
vulnerability in VLC's MPEG-4 file format parser (CVE-2008-0984).
Impact :
A remote attacker could send a long subtitle in a file that a user is
enticed to open, a specially crafted MP4 input file, long SDP data, or
a specially crafted HTTP request with a 'Connection' header value
containing format specifiers, possibly resulting in the remote
execution of arbitrary code. Also, a Denial of Service could be caused
and arbitrary files could be overwritten via the 'demuxdump-file'
option in a filename in a playlist or via an EXTVLCOPT statement in an
MP3 file.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-13"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vlc-0.8.6e'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(20, 119, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vlc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/03/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/03/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"media-video/vlc", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.8.6e"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.8.6e"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "VLC");
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6681
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6682
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6683
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6684
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0295
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0296
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0984
security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-13