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Debian DSA-4099-1 : ffmpeg - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106413

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FFmpeg multimedia framework, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed files/streams are processed.

Solution

Upgrade the ffmpeg packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 7:3.2.10-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ffmpeg

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4099

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106413

File Name: debian_DSA-4099.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17081

DSA: 4099