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Debian DSA-992-1 : ffmpeg - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22858

Synopsis

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

Description

Simon Kilvington discovered that specially crafted PNG images can trigger a heap overflow in libavcodec, the multimedia library of ffmpeg, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ffmpeg package.

The old stable distribution (woody) doesn't contain ffmpeg packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.cvs20050313-2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342207

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22858

File Name: debian_DSA-992.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4048

DSA: 992