Rule

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Sid
24283

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in vlc media player.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro.

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Affected Systems:
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99b
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99e
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99f
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99g
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99h
videolan vlc media player 0.1.99i
videolan vlc media player 0.2.0
videolan vlc media player 0.2.60
videolan vlc media player 0.2.61
videolan vlc media player 0.2.62
videolan vlc media player 0.2.63
videolan vlc media player 0.2.70
videolan vlc media player 0.2.71
videolan vlc media player 0.2.72
videolan vlc media player 0.2.73
videolan vlc media player 0.2.80
videolan vlc media player 0.2.81
videolan vlc media player 0.2.82
videolan vlc media player 0.2.83
videolan vlc media player 0.2.90
videolan vlc media player 0.2.91
videolan vlc media player 0.2.92
videolan vlc media player 0.3.0
videolan vlc media player 0.3.1
videolan vlc media player 0.4.0
videolan vlc media player 0.4.1
videolan vlc media player 0.4.2
videolan vlc media player 0.4.3
videolan vlc media player 0.4.4
videolan vlc media player 0.4.5
videolan vlc media player 0.4.6
videolan vlc media player 0.5.0
videolan vlc media player 0.5.1
videolan vlc media player 0.5.2
videolan vlc media player 0.5.3
videolan vlc media player 0.6.0
videolan vlc media player 0.6.1
videolan vlc media player 0.6.2
videolan vlc media player 0.7.0
videolan vlc media player 0.7.2
videolan vlc media player 0.8.0
videolan vlc media player 0.8.1
videolan vlc media player 0.8.2
videolan vlc media player 0.8.4
videolan vlc media player 0.8.5
videolan vlc media player 0.8.6
videolan vlc media player 0.9.10
videolan vlc media player 0.9.2
videolan vlc media player 0.9.3
videolan vlc media player 0.9.4
videolan vlc media player 0.9.5
videolan vlc media player 0.9.6
videolan vlc media player 0.9.8a
videolan vlc media player 0.9.9
videolan vlc media player 1.0.0
videolan vlc media player 1.0.1
videolan vlc media player 1.0.2
videolan vlc media player 1.0.3
videolan vlc media player 1.0.4
videolan vlc media player 1.0.5
videolan vlc media player 1.0.6
videolan vlc media player 1.1.0
videolan vlc media player 1.1.1
videolan vlc media player 1.1.2
videolan vlc media player 1.1.3
videolan vlc media player 1.1.4
videolan vlc media player 1.1.5
videolan vlc media player 1.1.6
videolan vlc media player 1.1.6.1

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2011-0531:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-0531
  
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