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Debian DSA-3833-1 : libav - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 99640

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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 .9

Solution

Upgrade the libav packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 6:11.9-1~deb8u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?86c8b839

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3833

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 99640

File Name: debian_DSA-3833.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: 5.5

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9821, CVE-2016-9822

DSA: 3833