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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : ffmpeg, ffmpeg-debian regression (USN-931-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 46014

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Synopsis

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

Description

USN-931-1 fixed vulnerabilities in FFmpeg. The update introduced a regression when trying to play certain multimedia files. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia 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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/931-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 46014

File Name: ubuntu_USN-931-2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil49, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat52, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil1d, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec51, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc51, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat1d, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2010

Reference Information

USN: 931-2