Ubuntu 5.04 : ffmpeg vulnerability (USN-230-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20773

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Simon Kilvington discovered a buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer() function of the ffmpeg library. By tricking an user into opening a malicious movie which contains specially crafted PNG images, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20773

File Name: ubuntu_USN-230-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kino, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4048

USN: 230-1

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