This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to
Stack Overflow Vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_vlc_media_player_bof_vuln_win_mar09.nasl 8174 2017-12-19 12:23:25Z cfischer $
#
# VLC Media Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability (Win-Mar09)
#
# Authors:
# Nikita MR <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# 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.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";
tag_impact = "Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary codes
with escalated privileges and cause overflow in stack.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "VLC media player 0.9.8a and prior on Windows.";
tag_insight = "This flaw is due to improper boundary checking in status.xml in the web
interface by an overly long request.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to VLC media player version 1.0 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to
Stack Overflow Vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(900530);
script_version("$Revision: 8174 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-19 13:23:25 +0100 (Tue, 19 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-26 11:19:12 +0100 (Thu, 26 Mar 2009)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2009-1045");
script_bugtraq_id(34126);
script_name("VLC Media Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability (Win-Mar09)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8213");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49249");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
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);
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE );
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"0.9.8a" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.0", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );