openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:0476-1)
🗓️ 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC Media Player < 2.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 22 Apr 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3342-1 : vlc - security update | 24 Aug 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : vlc -- arbitrary pointer dereference vulnerability (a0a4e24c-4760-11e5-9391-3c970e169bc2) | 21 Aug 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities | 14 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2016-213) | 17 Feb 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| VLC < 2.2.2 DoS | 12 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| vlc -- arbitrary pointer dereference vulnerability | 20 Aug 201500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| The vulnerability of the VideoLAN VLC media player lies in the fact that operations are performed outside the buffer in memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure. | 11 Nov 201900:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| VLC Media Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | 24 Aug 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2015-5949 | 25 Aug 201517:00 | – | cve |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851205");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-17 06:28:02 +0100 (Wed, 17 Feb 2016)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5949");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:0476-1)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'vlc'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for vlc fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2015-5949: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service
(crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file
(boo#965227)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"vlc on openSUSE Leap 42.1");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2016:0476-1");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap42\.1");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "openSUSELeap42.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlc5", rpm:"libvlc5~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlc5-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlc5-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore8", rpm:"libvlccore8~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore8-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlccore8-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc", rpm:"vlc~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debugsource", rpm:"vlc-debugsource~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-devel", rpm:"vlc-devel~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-gnome", rpm:"vlc-gnome~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-gnome-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-gnome-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX", rpm:"vlc-noX~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-noX-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt", rpm:"vlc-qt~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-qt-debuginfo~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-lang", rpm:"vlc-noX-lang~2.2.1~24.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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