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Debian DSA-2378-1 : ffmpeg - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 57518

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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. Multiple input validations in the decoders for QDM2, VP5, VP6, VMD and SVQ1 files could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ffmpeg packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4:0.5.6-3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/ffmpeg

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2378

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57518

File Name: debian_DSA-2378.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4351, CVE-2011-4353, CVE-2011-4364, CVE-2011-4579

BID: 50760, 50880

DSA: 2378