FreeBSD : ffmpeg -- 4xm processing memory corruption vulnerability (6733e1bf-125f-11de-a964-0030843d3802)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35938

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

Tobias Klein has reported a vulnerability in FFmpeg, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a signedness error within the 'fourxm_read_header()' function in libavformat/4xm.c. This can be exploited to corrupt arbitrary memory via a specially crafted 4xm file.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?4974138d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35938

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6733e1bf125f11dea9640030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/17/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ffmpeg, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0385

BID: 33502

CWE: 189

Secunia: 33711