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HistoryJul 16, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 13 (MAC OS X)

2013-07-1600:00:00
Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
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0.232 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.6%

This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to multiple
vulnerabilities.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vlc_media_player_mult_vuln_jul13_macosx.nasl 6115 2017-05-12 09:03:25Z teissa $
#
# VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 13 (MAC OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Arun Kallavi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2013 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 = "
  Impact Level: System/Application";

if(description)
{
  script_id(803901);
  script_version("$Revision: 6115 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1868", "CVE-2012-5855");
  script_bugtraq_id(57079,56405);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-12 11:03:25 +0200 (Fri, 12 May 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-07-16 14:45:11 +0530 (Tue, 16 Jul 2013)");
  script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 13 (MAC OS X)");

  tag_summary =
"This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to multiple
vulnerabilities.";

  tag_insight =
"Multiple flaws due to,
 - Error in 'SHAddToRecentDocs()' function.
 - Error due to improper validation of user supplied inputs when handling
   HTML subtitle files.";

  tag_vuldetect =
"Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version
is vulnerable or not.";

  tag_impact =
"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to overflow buffer, cause denial
of service or potentially execution of arbitrary code.";

  tag_affected =
"VLC media player version 2.0.4 and prior on MAC OS X";

  tag_solution =
"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.5 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc";


  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 : "vuldetect" , value : tag_vuldetect);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.videolan.org/news.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79823");
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_vlc_media_player_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

## Variable Initialization
vlcVer = "";

## Get the version from KB
vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
if(!vlcVer){
  exit(0);
}

## Check for VLC Media Player Version <= 2.0.4
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.4"))
{
  security_message(0);
  exit(0);
}