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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805310
Category:Buffer overflow
Title:VLC Media Player Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities-01 (Jan 2015) - Mac OS X
Summary:VLC media player is prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
VLC media player is prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple flaws are due to overflow conditions
in the,

- ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function within modules/demux/asf/libasf.c script,

- AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function within modules/demux/avi/libavi.c script,

- AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function within modules/demux/avi/libavi.c script

- MP4_BoxDumpStructure function within modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c script.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to conduct a denial of service attack or potentially the execution
of arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.2
on Mac OS X.

Solution:
Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player
version 1.0.2 or later.

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-2011-3623
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/10
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