Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57830
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1252-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-1252-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-1252-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Kevin Finisterre discovered several format string problems in vlc, a multimedia player and streamer, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.1.svn20050314-1sarge2. For the testing distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6.a.debian-1. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages. Affected Software/OS: 'vlc' package(s) on Debian 3.1, Debian 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-2007-0017 BugTraq ID: 21852 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21852 Debian Security Information: DSA-1252 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1252 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-24.xml http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-02-01-2007-vlc-media-player-udp.html http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_2.20070103045559.6753.timor.html http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-02-01-2007.html http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc-devel/2007-01/msg00005.html http://osvdb.org/31163 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14313 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017464 http://secunia.com/advisories/23592 http://secunia.com/advisories/23829 http://secunia.com/advisories/23910 http://secunia.com/advisories/23971 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:013 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_xine.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0026 XForce ISS Database: vlcmediaplayer-udp-format-string(31226) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31226
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