VLC Media Player Meta-Information Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vlc_media_player_dos_vuln_lin.nasl 5388 2017-02-21 15:13:30Z teissa $
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# VLC Media Player Meta-Information Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
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# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could allow attackers to crash the affected
  application, denying service to legitimate users.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "VLC media player version prior to 1.1.3 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an input validation error when trying to extract
  meta-informations about input media through 'ID3v2' tags.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.3 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Denial
  of Service vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(801430);
  script_version("$Revision: 5388 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-21 16:13:30 +0100 (Tue, 21 Feb 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-19 10:23:11 +0200 (Thu, 19 Aug 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2937");
  script_bugtraq_id(42386);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_name("VLC Media Player Meta-Information Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=592669");
  
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_require_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
  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("version_func.inc");

## Get the version from KB
vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

## Check for VLC Media Player Version less than 1.1.3
if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"1.1.3")){
  security_message(0);
}