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openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1651-1)

🗓️ 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Security update for VLC (openSUSE-SU-2016:1651-1). Fixes CVE-2016-5108, CVE-2016-3941 and other security issues in VLC package

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851351");
  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:"2016-06-23 05:24:29 +0200 (Thu, 23 Jun 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3941", "CVE-2016-5108");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-01 01:29:00 +0000 (Sat, 01 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1651-1)");

  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 to version 2.1.6 fixes the following issues:

  These CVE were fixed:

  - CVE-2016-5108: Reject invalid QuickTime IMA files (boo#984382).

  - CVE-2016-3941: Heap overflow in processing wav files (boo#973354).

  These security issues without were fixed:

  - Fix heap overflow in decomp stream filter.

  - Fix buffer overflow in updater.

  - Fix potential buffer overflow in schroedinger encoder.

  - Fix null-pointer dereference in DMO decoder.

  - Fix buffer overflow in parsing of string boxes in mp4 demuxer.

  - Fix SRTP integer overflow.

  - Fix potential crash in zip access.

  - Fix read overflow in Ogg demuxer.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"vlc on openSUSE 13.2");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2016:1651-1");
  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=openSUSE13\.2");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.2")
{

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlc5", rpm:"libvlc5~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlc5-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlc5-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore7", rpm:"libvlccore7~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore7-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlccore7-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc", rpm:"vlc~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debugsource", rpm:"vlc-debugsource~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-devel", rpm:"vlc-devel~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-gnome", rpm:"vlc-gnome~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-gnome-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-gnome-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX", rpm:"vlc-noX~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-noX-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt", rpm:"vlc-qt~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-qt-debuginfo~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-lang", rpm:"vlc-noX-lang~2.1.6~2.10.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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