Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : ffmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-1706-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 64284

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

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Solution

Update the affected libavcodec52 and / or libavformat52 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1706-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 64284

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1706-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat52, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2803

BID: 55355

USN: 1706-1