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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDVSA-2009:297-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 42809
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in ffmpeg :- The ffmpeg lavf demuxer allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file (CVE-2008-3230)
- FFmpeg 0.4.9, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unknown vectors, aka a Tcp/udp memory leak. (CVE-2008-4869)
- Integer signedness error in the fourxm_read_header function in libavformat/4xm.c in FFmpeg before revision 16846 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed 4X movie file with a large current_track value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2009-0385)
The updated packages fix this issue.
Update :
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers
Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 42809
File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-297.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64avformats51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64avutil49, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libavformats51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libavutil49, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3230, CVE-2008-4869, CVE-2009-0385
BID: 33502