VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800077");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  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 - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");

  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_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 Linux (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:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

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

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"0.9.0", test_version2:"0.9.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"0.9.8", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );