Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2015.0329
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0329)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'vlc' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0329 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'vlc' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0329 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files (CVE-2015-5949). Affected Software/OS: 'vlc' package(s) on Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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
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