Summary
The remote host is missing an update to vlc
announced via advisory DSA 2257-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202257-1
Insight
Rocco Calvi discovered that the XSPF playlist parser of vlc, a multimedia player and streamer, is prone to an integer overflow resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. This might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted file.
The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-1squeeze6.
For the testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2194 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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