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Debian DSA-4012-1 : libav - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104302

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .11

Solution

Upgrade the libav packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 6:11.11-1~deb8u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1369c562

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libav

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4012

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104302

File Name: debian_DSA-4012.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8365, CVE-2017-7208, CVE-2017-7862, CVE-2017-9992

DSA: 4012