Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68993
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2159-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-2159-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-2159-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze3. The version of vlc in the oldstable distribution (lenny) is affected by further issues and will be addressed in a followup DSA. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages. Affected Software/OS: 'vlc' package(s) on Debian 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0531 BugTraq ID: 46060 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46060 Debian Security Information: DSA-2159 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2159 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/8 http://osvdb.org/70698 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12415 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025018 http://secunia.com/advisories/43131 http://secunia.com/advisories/43242 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0363 XForce ISS Database: vlc-mkv-code-execution(65045) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65045
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