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VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Windows)

🗓️ 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerabilit

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vlc_media_player_mem_crptn_vuln_win.nasl 5370 2017-02-20 15:24:26Z cfi $
#
# VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Veerendra GG <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by
  tricking a user into opening a specially crafted XSPF file or even can crash
  an affected application.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "VLC media player 0.9.2 and prior Windows (Any).";
tag_insight = "The flaw exists due to VLC (xspf.c) library does not properly perform bounds
  checking on an identifier tag from an XSPF file before using it to index an
  array on the heap.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Version 0.9.3 or later,
  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to
  Memory Corruption Vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(800112);
  script_version("$Revision: 5370 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-20 16:24:26 +0100 (Mon, 20 Feb 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-17 14:35:03 +0200 (Fri, 17 Oct 2008)");
  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_cve_id("CVE-2008-4558");
  script_bugtraq_id(31758);
  script_name("VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Windows)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/32267/");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2826/products");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


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

if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
  exit(0);
}

vlcVer = registry_get_sz(item:"Version", key:"SOFTWARE\VideoLAN\VLC");
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

# Check for VLC Media Player Version <= 0.9.2
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"0.9.2")){
  security_message(0);
}

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20 Feb 2017 00:00Current
0.7Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.7
EPSS0.08495
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