Debian DSA-3288-1 : libav - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84171

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. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .4

Solution

Upgrade the libav packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 6:11.4-1~deb8u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d326e854

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3288

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84171

File Name: debian_DSA-3288.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/15/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3395, CVE-2015-3417

BID: 74385, 74433

DSA: 3288