Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806086
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	VLC Media Player 3GP File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Oct 2015) - Windows
Summary:	VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer which affects the 3GP file format parser. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file. Affected Software/OS: VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 and earlier on Windows. Solution: Updates are available, please see the references for more information. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5949 Bugtraq: 20150820 [oCERT-2015-009] VLC arbitrary pointer dereference (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-3342 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3342 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266/VLC-2.2.1-Arbitrary-Pointer-Dereference.html https://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-009.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/20/3 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0476 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00040.html
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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