Debian DSA-4105-1 : mpv - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106660

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that mpv, a media player, was vulnerable to remote code execution attacks. An attacker could craft a malicious web page that, when used as an argument in mpv, could execute arbitrary code in the host of the mpv user.

Solution

Upgrade the mpv packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.23.0-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106660

File Name: debian_DSA-4105.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mpv, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6360

DSA: 4105

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