Debian DSA-2855-1 : libav - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 72355

Synopsis

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

Description

Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. The IDs mentioned above are just a portion of the security issues fixed in this update. A full list of the changes is available at http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v0.8 .10

Solution

Upgrade the libav packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 6:0.8.10-1

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?df9bf7ae

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libav

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2855

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72355

File Name: debian_DSA-2855.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3944, CVE-2013-0845, CVE-2013-0846, CVE-2013-0849, CVE-2013-0865, CVE-2013-7010, CVE-2013-7014, CVE-2013-7015

BID: 51720, 57868, 63796, 63936

DSA: 2855