Free and open-source vulnerability scanner
Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.
Install NowAvailable for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Debian LTS: Security Advisory for vlc (DLA-2728-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'vlc' package(s) announced via the DLA-2728-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that there were a number of issues in VideoLAN (aka 'vlc', a popular video and multimedia player: - CVE-2021-25801: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component allowed attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file. - CVE-2021-25802: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the AVI_ExtractSubtitle component could have allowed attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file. - CVE-2021-25803: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the vlc_input_attachment_New component allowed attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a specially-crafted .avi file. - CVE-2021-25804: A NULL-pointer dereference in 'Open' in avi.c can result in a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'vlc' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 'Stretch', these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.11-0+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.