Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 : libav vulnerability (USN-2244-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74494

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

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Solution

Update the affected libavcodec53 and / or libavformat53 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2244-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74494

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2244-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec53, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat53, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3984

USN: 2244-1