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Debian dla-4073 : ffmpeg - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216945

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4073 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4073-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz March 01, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : ffmpeg Version : 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u3 CVE ID : CVE-2025-0518 CVE-2025-22919 CVE-2025-22921


 Several issues have been found in ffmpeg, a package of tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files.
 The issues are related to out-of-bounds read, assert errors and NULL pointer dereferences.


 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your ffmpeg packages.

 For the detailed security status of ffmpeg please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ffmpeg

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the ffmpeg packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ffmpeg

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-0518

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-22919

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-22921

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/ffmpeg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216945

File Name: debian_DLA-4073.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2025

Updated: 2/28/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22921

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra58, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil56, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswscale5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec58, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavcodec-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavdevice58, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavresample4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpostproc55, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libavformat58

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0518, CVE-2025-22919, CVE-2025-22921

IAVB: 2025-B-0018