Summary
The remote host is missing an update to vlc
announced via advisory DSA 2159-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202159-1
Insight
Dan Rosenberg discovered that insufficient input validation in VLC's processing of Matroska/WebM containers could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze3.
The version of vlc in the oldstable distribution (lenny) is affected by further issues and will be addressed in a followup DSA.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0531 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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