Debian DSA-1781-1 : ffmpeg-debian - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 38640

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ffmpeg, a multimedia player, server and encoder. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-0385 It was discovered that watching a malformed 4X movie file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2008-3162 It was discovered that using a crafted STR file can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ffmpeg-debian packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.cvs20060823-8+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 0.svn20080206-17+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38640

File Name: debian_DSA-1781.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/30/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg-debian, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3162, CVE-2009-0385

BID: 33502

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 1781

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