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FreeBSD : faad2 -- heap overflow vulnerability (445ed958-b0d9-11dd-a55e-00163e000016)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34762

Synopsis

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

Description

CVE reports :

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MPEG-4 (MP4) file.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499899

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200811-03

http://www.nessus.org/u?c2a699d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34762

File Name: freebsd_pkg_445ed958b0d911dda55e00163e000016.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 11/13/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:faad2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4201

CWE: 119