VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800076");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-09 13:27:23 +0100 (Tue, 09 Dec 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5276");
  script_name("VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary
  code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .rm file to
  crash an affected application.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 on Windows (Any).");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a boundary error while parsing ReadRealIndex
  function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to  VLC media player 0.9.8.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
  exit(0);
}

vlcVer = registry_get_sz(item:"Version", key:"SOFTWARE\VideoLAN\VLC");
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

# VLC Media Player Version 0.9.0 to 0.9.7
if(version_in_range(version:vlcVer, test_version:"0.9.0", test_version2:"0.9.7")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, vulnerable_range:"0.9.0 - 0.9.7");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}