Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900530
Category:	Buffer overflow
Title:	VLC Media Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability (Win-Mar09)
Summary:	Check for the Version of VLC Media Player
Description:	Overview: This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Stack Overflow Vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: This flaw is due to improper boundary checking in status.xml in the web interface by an overly long request. Impact: Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary codes with escalated privileges and cause overflow in stack. Impact Level: Application Affected Software/OS: VLC media player 0.9.8a and prior on Windows. Fix: Upgrade to VLC media player version 1.0 or later, For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc References: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8213 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49249 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 34126 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1045 http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8213 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14357 XForce ISS Database: vlcmediaplayer-web-status-bo(49249) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49249
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod

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