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VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities-03 Jan15 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with VLC media player and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to, - Multiple errors in the A/52 audio decoder, DTS audio decoder, MPEG audio decoder, AVI demuxer, ASF demuxer and Matroska demuxer. - An error when processing XSPF playlists. - A use-after-free error when attempting to create a playlist of the contents of a malformed zip archive. - An error in the RTMP implementation.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 on Mac OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player version 1.0.6 or later.