VLC Media Player ASF Demuxer Denial of Service Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804325");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-1684");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-03-06 01:30:27 +0530 (Thu, 06 Mar 2014)");
  script_name("VLC Media Player ASF Demuxer Denial of Service Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to a divide-by-zero error when processing malicious
'.asf' files.");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause a denial of service
condition.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 2.1.2 and prior on Linux.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.1.3 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90955");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65399");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31429");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125080/VLC-Media-Player-2.1.2-Denial-Of-Service.html");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

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

vlcVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE);
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.1.2"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 2.1.2");
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}