Detections
Analytics

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : MPlayer vulnerabilities (USN-5895-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171940

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5895-1 advisory.

 - The MPlayer Project mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1 is vulnerable to Divide By Zero via the function config () of llibmpcodecs/vf_scale.c. (CVE-2022-38850)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via function read_meta_record() of mplayer/libmpdemux/asfheader.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
 (CVE-2022-38851)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function gen_sh_video () of mplayer/libmpdemux/demux_mov.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
 (CVE-2022-38855)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mov_build_index() of libmpdemux/demux_mov.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
 (CVE-2022-38858)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Divide By Zero via function demux_open_avi() of libmpdemux/demux_avi.c which affects mencoder. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1. (CVE-2022-38860)

 - The MPlayer Project mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 is vulnerable to memory corruption via function free_mp_image() of libmpcodecs/mp_image.c. (CVE-2022-38861)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mp_getbits() of libmpdemux/mpeg_hdr.c which affects mencoder and mplayer. This affects mecoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1. (CVE-2022-38863)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the function mp_unescape03() of libmpdemux/mpeg_hdr.c. This affects mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
 (CVE-2022-38864)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Divide By Zero via the function demux_avi_read_packet of libmpdemux/demux_avi.c. This affects mplyer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1. (CVE-2022-38865)

 - Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via read_avi_header() of libmpdemux/aviheader.c . This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
 (CVE-2022-38866)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5895-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171940

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5895-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mencoder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mplayer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mplayer-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mplayer2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38850, CVE-2022-38851, CVE-2022-38855, CVE-2022-38858, CVE-2022-38860, CVE-2022-38861, CVE-2022-38863, CVE-2022-38864, CVE-2022-38865, CVE-2022-38866

USN: 5895-1