Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDVSA-2009:335)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43362

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in ffmpeg :

MPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a malformed AAC file, as demonstrated by lol-vlc.aac; or (2) a malformed Ogg Media (OGM) file, as demonstrated by lol-ffplay.ogm, different vectors than CVE-2007-6718 (CVE-2008-4610).

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43362

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-335.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/21/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64avformats51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64avformats52, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64avutil49, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ffmpeg51-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64swscaler0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libavformats51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libavformats52, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libavutil49, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libffmpeg51-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libswscaler0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4610

BID: 34136

CWE: 399

MDVSA: 2009:335

Detections

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