VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Linux)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vlc_media_player_mem_crptn_vuln_lin.nasl 5158 2017-02-01 14:53:04Z mime $
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# VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# 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
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# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
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#
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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 Linux.";
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(800113);
  script_version("$Revision: 5158 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-01 15:53:04 +0100 (Wed, 01 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 (Linux)");
  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_mandatory_keys("login/SSH/success");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  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:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


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

sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection();
if(!sock){
  exit(0);
}

vlcBinPath = find_bin(prog_name:"vlc", sock:sock);

foreach binPath (vlcBinPath)
{
  if( chomp(binPath) == "" ) continue;
  vlcVer = get_bin_version(full_prog_name:chomp(binPath), version_argv:"--version",
                           ver_pattern:"ersion ([0-9.]+[a-z]?)", sock:sock);
  if(vlcVer)
  {
    # Check for VLC Media Player Version <= 0.9.2
    if(version_is_less_equal(version:vlcVer[1] ,test_version:"0.9.2")){
      security_message(0);
    }
    ssh_close_connection();
    exit(0);
  }
}
ssh_close_connection();