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FreeBSD : ffmpeg -- 4xm processing memory corruption vulnerability (6733e1bf-125f-11de-a964-0030843d3802)
high Nessus Plugin ID 35938
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
Secunia reports :Tobias Klein has reported a vulnerability in FFmpeg, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a signedness error within the 'fourxm_read_header()' function in libavformat/4xm.c. This can be exploited to corrupt arbitrary memory via a specially crafted 4xm file.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35938
File Name: freebsd_pkg_6733e1bf125f11dea9640030843d3802.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 3/17/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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:freebsd:freebsd:ffmpeg, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0385
BID: 33502