Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-6430-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182982

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6430-1 advisory.

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle certain inputs in vf_lagfun.c, resulting in a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22024)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly managed memory in avienc.c, resulting in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash.
(CVE-2020-22039)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain files due to a memory leak in frame.c. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash. This issue affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22040)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain files due to a memory leak in fifo.c. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash.
(CVE-2020-22043)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain files due to a memory leak in vf_tile.c. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted MOV file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-22051)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain MOV files in timecode.c, leading to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service using a crafted MOV file.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-28429)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6430-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182982

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6430-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-22051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc55, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-ffmpeg53, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-ffmpeg5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc54, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libav-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-ffmpeg3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-ffmpeg56, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample-ffmpeg1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample-ffmpeg2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil55, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-ffmpeg54, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-22024, CVE-2020-22039, CVE-2020-22040, CVE-2020-22043, CVE-2020-22051, CVE-2021-28429

USN: 6430-1