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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703598
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3598-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-3598-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DSA-3598-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Patrick Coleman discovered that missing input sanitising in the ADPCM decoder of the VLC media player may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.4-1~
deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'vlc' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5108
BugTraq ID: 90924
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90924
Debian Security Information: DSA-3598 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3598
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-39
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036009
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1651 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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