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GLSA-201702-02 : RTMPDump: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96996

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-02 (RTMPDump: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RTMPDump.
 The following is a list of vulnerabilities fixed:
 Additional decode input size checks Ignore zero-length packets Potential integer overflow in RTMPPacket_Alloc().
 Obsolete RTMPPacket_Free() call left over from original C++ to C rewrite AMFProp_GetObject must make sure the prop is actually an object Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media flash file using RTMPDump. This could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All RTMPDump users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/rtmpdump-2.4_p20161210'

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/30/1

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96996

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-02.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 2/6/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rtmpdump, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2017

Reference Information

GLSA: 201702-02