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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900531 |
Category: | Buffer overflow |
Title: | VLC Media Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability (Lin-Mar09) |
Summary: | This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to; Stack Overflow Vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Stack Overflow Vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: This flaw is due to improper boundary checking in status.xml in the web interface by an overly long request. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary codes with escalated privileges and cause overflow in stack. Affected Software/OS: VLC media player 0.9.8a and prior on Linux. Solution: Upgrade to VLC media player version 1.0 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 34126 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1045 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357 XForce ISS Database: vlcmediaplayer-web-status-bo(49249) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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