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GLSA-200609-09 : FFmpeg: Buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 22354

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200609-09 (FFmpeg: Buffer overflows)

 FFmpeg contains buffer overflows in the AVI processing code.
 Impact :

 An attacker could trigger the buffer overflows by enticing a user to load a specially crafted AVI file in an application using the FFmpeg library. This might result in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the running application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060530'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200609-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22354

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200609-09.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 9/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:gentoo:linux:ffmpeg, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4799, CVE-2006-4800

GLSA: 200609-09