Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : ffmpeg vulnerability (USN-630-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33759

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ffmpeg did not correctly handle STR file demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via applications linked against ffmpeg.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/630-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33759

File Name: ubuntu_USN-630-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale1d, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3162

CWE: 119

USN: 630-1