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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : rtmpdump vulnerabilities (USN-3283-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100379

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted stream, a remote attacker could cause rtmpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected librtmp0 package. Note that the updated packages may not be immediately available from the package repository and its mirrors.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100379

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3283-2.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2017

Updated: 1/17/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librtmp0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8270, CVE-2015-8271, CVE-2015-8272

USN: 3283-2