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openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1652-1)

🗓️ 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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openSUSE: Security Advisory for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1652-1). Update available for vlc package to fix multiple security issue

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851353");
  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 05:24:34 +0200 (Thu, 23 Jun 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7981", "CVE-2015-8126", "CVE-2016-1514", "CVE-2016-1515",
                "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-2016:1652-1)");

  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 2.2.4 to fix the following security issue:

  - CVE-2016-5108: Fix out-of-bound write in adpcm QT IMA codec (boo#984382).

  This also include an update of codecs and libraries to fix these 3rd party
  security issues:

  - CVE-2016-1514: Matroska libebml EbmlUnicodeString Heap Information Leak

  - CVE-2016-1515: Matroska libebml Multiple ElementList Double Free
  Vulnerabilities

  - CVE-2015-7981: The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng
  allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information
  via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an
  out-of-bounds read (bsc#952051).

  - CVE-2015-8126: Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2)
  png_get_PLTE functions in libpng allowed remote attackers to cause a
  denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other
  impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk
  in a PNG image (bsc#954980).");

  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:"2016:1652-1");
  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:"libvlc5~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlc5-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlc5-debuginfo~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore8", rpm:"libvlccore8~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libvlccore8-debuginfo", rpm:"libvlccore8-debuginfo~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc", rpm:"vlc~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-debuginfo~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-debugsource", rpm:"vlc-debugsource~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-devel", rpm:"vlc-devel~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX", rpm:"vlc-noX~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-noX-debuginfo~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt", rpm:"vlc-qt~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-qt-debuginfo", rpm:"vlc-qt-debuginfo~2.2.4~27.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vlc-noX-lang", rpm:"vlc-noX-lang~2.2.4~27.1", 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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