It was discovered that there were a number of vulnerabilities in libmediainfo, a library reading metadata such as track names, lengths, etc. from media files.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.91-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmediainfo packages.

For the detailed security status of libmediainfo please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libmediainfo

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for libmediainfo, mediainfo fixes the following issues :

libmediainfo was updated to version 20.08 :

Added :

  - MPEG-H 3D Audio full featured support (group presets,     switch groups, groups, signal groups)

  - MP4/MOV: support of more metadata locations

  - JSON and XML outputs: authorize 'complete' output

  - MPEG-4: support of TrueHD

  - WM: show legacy value of performer if not same as modern     one

  - WAV: trace of adtl (Associated Data List) chunk

Fixed :

  - URL encoding detection fix for URL having a query part     (issue with e.g. pre-signed AWS S3 URLs)

  - Don't try to seek to the end (false positive range     related error with HTTP)

  - DPX: don't load the whole file in RAM

  - Opus: fix wrong channel mapping

  - Miscellaneous other bug fixes

version 20.03

Added features :

  - AC-4 full featured support (presentations, groups,     substreams)

  - MPEG-H 3D Audio basic support

  - MPEG-TS: audio preselection descriptor support

  - Dolby Vision v2 detection

  - MPEG-4: support of colr/nclx (color information) box

Bugs fixed :

  - URL encoding option fixes, permitting to use URL encoded     or non URL encoded links

  - AAC: fix SBR frequency when in ADIF

  - DPX: ColorimetricSpecification and     TransferCharacteristic were inverted

  - Some API calls were not thread safe

  - Several crash and memory leaks fixes

version 19.09

Added :

  - AC-4: basic detection, raw, in MP4 or TS

  - AC-3/E-AC-3: display time code of the first frame

  - Don't show anymore by default 'encoded' bit rates and     stream sizes

  - MOV: Decode more language codes

Corrections :

  - MXF: some metadata were missing

  - AC-3: AC-3 actually has no bit depth, removing the     default 16 value

  - AC-3/E-AC-3: fix bitrate info (so duration) with streams     having a time code

  - AC-3: parse more frames also when in MP4, in order to     better detect JOC (Atmos)

  - MP4: do not show audio bit depth if it is the 'default'     16 (value is not trustable enough)

  - ProRes RAW: we know only width and height

  - SubRip: bad handling of files having a quote character

version 19.07

Added :

  - Dolby E: readout of Dolby E program description

  - MXF: Detection of Dolby Vision

  - MP4: support of Spatial Audio Metadata

  - DV: color space is explicit

  - DV: audio format settings

  - Matroska: PCM bit rate

  - MOV, MXF: Time code frame rate

  - DV: DVCAM commercial name for locked audio and PAL 4:2:0

  - MXF: Time code track name

Corrections :

  - USAC: frame rate was missing in case of non standard     sampling rate

  - USAC: fix infinite loop with some LATM streams

  - WAV: MP3 delay should be added to BWF time reference

  - TTML: fix wrong output with standalone files

  - N19/STL: fix crash with some uncommon framerates

  - VC-3: fix sub sampling with some v2 files

  - DV: Time code frame number was wrong (divided by 2) for     50/60 fps content

version 19.04

Added :

  - USAC: DRC effect types, Sample peak level, True peak     level, Program loudness

  - HDR: SMPTE ST 2094 App 4 (including HDR10+) support

  - HDR: move HDR10, Dolby Vision and SL-HDR meta to     specific generic 'HDR Format' lines

  - Matroska: SMPTE ST 2086 (HDR10) support

  - Matroska: FieldOrder support

  - HEIF image format support

  - AV1: support of AV1 in MP4, HEIF, IVF

  - MOV: Add a lot more countries to AppleStoreCountry field     internal list

  - MXF: Fix memory leak when fully parsing big file with     acquisition metadata

  - HEVC: more HEVC profiles (Multiview, Scalable, Screen     Content...)

  - AAC: better handling of corrupted streams

  - AAC: better handling of unknown channel layouts

  - AVC in MP4: better support of corrupted streams

Corrected :

  - B1101, AVI: fix crash with some invalid streams

  - B1101, SMPTE ST 337: fix crash with some invalid streams

  - Matroska: chapters timestamp were not display if     chapters have no name

  - MXF: Fix false positive truncated file detection when     there is no Random Index Pack

  - AAC: channel layout typos (Rls instead of Lrs, Lr     instead of Rb)

  - ProRes: correctly show color space if alpha plane is     present

  - MPEG Audio: some VBR files use 'Info' Xing header, so we     ignore the difference between 'Info' and 'Xing'

  - I943, MPEG-4: wrong display aspect ratio in some corner     cases (32-bit release only)

  - I1096, OGG: assign METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tag to cover

  - I339, text in square brackets stripped in $if() section

version 18.12

Added features :

  - DCP: support of multi-reel packages

  - EBUCore: added some FFV1 related metadata

  - JPEG: better info display of CYMK files

  - Provide source of the color related metadata (container     or stream) (hidden by default)

  - MXF: display more information when wrapper/essence     values are detected as not same

  - MXF: ProRes profiles

  - MPEG-4: ProRes RAW support

  - MPEG-TS: add support of parsing some ETSI TS 103-433     messages Bug fixes :

  - MPEG-2 Video: variable GOP detection fix

  - MPEG-7 export: some fields were missing due to the     removal of some legacy fields

  - ADTS: Fix display of channel count for 8-channel streams

  - ID3v2: fix some date related issues

  - I298, ID3v2: fix wrong read of recording date in some     cases

  - I1032, PBCore2: fix essenceFrameSize with non Video     tracks

  - I1096, JPEG: fix crash with one file

  - Several other crash and memory leak fixes

version 18.08.1

  - Fix XML/MPEG-7/PBCore2 output discarding non ANSI     characters

version 18.08

Added features :

  - Dolby Atmos (in E-AC-3 or TrueHD): support of bed     channel count/configuration + objects count + complexity     index

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: display of info about legacy decoders     behavior removed

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: some changes in how format is displayed

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: better split between technical names and     commercial names

  - AAC: support of profile information from MP4_IOD_Tag     AudioProfileLevelIndication

  - USAC (xHE-AAC) support

  - Audio channel layout: using a new terminology, better     suited for 3D Audio, see     https://mediaarea.net/AudioChannelLayout

  - DSD (DSF & DSDIFF) support

  - DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) commercial name

  - Dolby Vision: use new form for profile (numbers instead     of acronyms)

  - New format 'Directory' when image sequence + audio file     is detected (1 directory style for the moment)

  - PBCore2 export update, thanks to WGBH

  - MPEG-7 export update

  - NISO export update

  - AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on 1.0.0     specifications

  - ATRAC9 detection

  - Versionned RPMs

  - HEVC: better support of buggy SEI

  - ADTS: CodecID

  - Support of injection of external metadata

  - HTTPS: support of AWS extension 'x-amz-*' in HTTPS     headers, permitting to manage temporary credentials     (AssumeRole)

  - MPEG-4, #1005: Obey edit list in QuickTime Timecode     track

Bug corrections :

  - MIXML: hide fields which were hidden in normal output

  - Hybrid AC-3/E-AC-3 (in Blu-rays): bit rate info was     wrong

  - Lot of bug fixes, see full log for more info

version 18.05

Added :

  - PBCore 2.1 export update, sponsored by WGBH as part of     the NEH-funded PBCore Development and Preservation     Project

  - TIFF: more IFDs are supported (density, software...)

  - NISO Z39.87 output

Fixed :

  - Mastering Display Color Primaries: was always showing     BT.709 instead of real value, when present

  - Attachments: do not provide anymore attachments content     in XML by default, fixes

mediainfo was updated to version 20.08 :

Added :

  - MPEG-H 3D Audio full featured support (group presets,     switch groups, groups, signal groups)

  - MP4/MOV: support of more metadata locations

  - JSON and XML outputs: authorize 'complete' output

  - MPEG-4: support of TrueHD

  - WM: show legacy value of performer if not same as modern     one

  - WAV: trace of adtl (Associated Data List) chunk

Fixed :

  - URL encoding detection fix for URL having a query part     (issue with e.g. pre-signed AWS S3 URLs)

  - Don't try to seek to the end (false positive range     related error with HTTP)

  - DPX: don't load the whole file in RAM

  - Opus: fix wrong channel mapping

  - Miscellaneous other bug fixes

version 20.03

Added features :

  - AC-4 full featured support (presentations, groups,     substreams)

  - MPEG-H 3D Audio basic support

  - MPEG-TS: audio preselection descriptor support

  - Dolby Vision v2 detection

  - MPEG-4: support of colr/nclx (color information) box

Bugs fixed :

  - URL encoding option fixes, permitting to use URL encoded     or non URL encoded links

  - AAC: fix SBR frequency when in ADIF

  - DPX: ColorimetricSpecification and     TransferCharacteristic were inverted

  - Several crash and memory leaks fixes

version 19.09

Added :

  - AC-4: basic detection, raw, in MP4 or TS

  - AC-3/E-AC-3: display time code of the first frame

  - Don't show anymore by default 'encoded' bit rates and     stream sizes

  - MOV: Decode more language codes

Corrections :

  - MXF: some metadata were missing

  - AC-3: AC-3 actually has no bit depth, removing the     default 16 value

  - AC-3/E-AC-3: fix bitrate info (so duration) with streams     having a time code

  - AC-3: parse more frames also when in MP4, in order to     better detect JOC (Atmos)

  - MP4: do not show audio bit depth if it is the 'default'     16 (value is not trustable enough)

  - ProRes RAW: we know only width and height

  - SubRip: bad handling of files having a quote character

version 19.07

Added :

  - Dolby E: readout of Dolby E program description

  - MXF: Detection of Dolby Vision

  - MP4: support of Spatial Audio Metadata

  - DV: color space is explicit

  - DV: audio format settings

  - Matroska: PCM bit rate

  - MOV, MXF: Time code frame rate

  - DV: DVCAM commercial name for locked audio and PAL 4:2:0

  - MXF: Time code track name

Corrected :

  - USAC: frame rate was missing in case of non standard     sampling rate

  - USAC: fix infinite loop with some LATM streams

  - WAV: MP3 delay should be added to BWF time reference

  - TTML: fix wrong output with standalone files

  - N19/STL: fix crash with some uncommon framerates

  - VC-3: fix sub sampling with some v2 files

  - DV: Time code frame number was wrong (divided by 2) for     50/60 fps content

version 19.04

Added :

  - USAC: DRC effect types, Sample peak level, True peak     level, Program loudness

  - HDR: SMPTE ST 2094 App 4 (including HDR10+) support

  - HDR: move HDR10, Dolby Vision and SL-HDR meta to     specific generic 'HDR Format' lines

  - Matroska: SMPTE ST 2086 (HDR10) support

  - Matroska: FieldOrder support

  - HEIF image format support

  - AV1: support of AV1 in MP4, HEIF, IVF

  - MOV: Add a lot more countries to AppleStoreCountry field     internal list

  - MXF: Fix memory leak when fully parsing big file with     acquisition metadata

  - HEVC: more HEVC profiles (Multiview, Scalable, Screen     Content...)

  - AAC: better handling of corrupted streams

  - AAC: better handling of unknown channel layouts

  - AVC in MP4: better support of corrupted streams

Changed :

  - B1101, AVI: fix crash with some invalid streams

  - B1101, SMPTE ST 337: fix crash with some invalid streams

  - Matroska: chapters timestamp were not display if     chapters have no name

  - MXF: Fix false positive truncated file detection when     there is no Random Index Pack

  - AAC: channel layout typos (Rls instead of Lrs, Lr     instead of Rb)

  - ProRes: correctly show color space if alpha plane is     present

  - MPEG Audio: some VBR files use 'Info' Xing header, so we     ignore the difference between 'Info' and 'Xing'

  - I943, MPEG-4: wrong display aspect ratio in some corner     cases (32-bit release only)

  - I1096, OGG: assign METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tag to cover

version 18.12

Added features :

  - DCP: support of multi-reel packages

  - EBUCore: added some FFV1 related metadata

  - JPEG: better info display of CYMK files

  - Provide source of the color related metadata (container     or stream) (hidden by default)

  - MXF: display more information when wrapper/essence     values are detected as not same

  - MXF: ProRes profiles

  - MPEG-4: ProRes RAW support

  - MPEG-TS: add support of parsing some ETSI TS 103-433     messages

Bug fixes :

  - MPEG-2 Video: variable GOP detection fix

  - MPEG-7 export: some fields were missing due to the     removal of some legacy fields

  - ADTS: Fix display of channel count for 8-channel streams

  - ID3v2: fix some date related issues

  - I298, ID3v2: fix wrong read of recording date in some     cases

  - I1032, PBCore2: fix essenceFrameSize with non Video     tracks

  - I1096, JPEG: fix crash with one file

  - Several other crash and memory leak fixes

version 18.08.1

  - Fix XML/MPEG-7/PBCore2 output discarding non ANSI     characters

version 18.08

Added features :

  - Dolby Atmos (in E-AC-3 or TrueHD): support of bed     channel count/configuration + objects count + complexity     index

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: display of info about legacy decoders     behavior removed

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: some changes in how format is displayed

  - AC-3/DTS/AAC: better split between technical names and     commercial names

  - AAC: support of profile information from MP4_IOD_Tag     AudioProfileLevelIndication

  - USAC (xHE-AAC) support

  - Audio channel layout: using a new terminology, better     suited for 3D Audio, see     https://mediaarea.net/AudioChannelLayout

  - DSD (DSF & DSDIFF) support

  - DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) commercial name

  - Dolby Vision: use new form for profile (numbers instead     of acronyms)

  - New format 'Directory' when image sequence + audio file     is detected (1 directory style for the moment)

  - PBCore2 export update, thanks to WGBH

  - MPEG-7 export update

  - NISO export update

  - AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on 1.0.0     specifications

  - ATRAC9 detection

  - Versionned RPMs

  - HEVC: better support of buggy SEI

  - ADTS: CodecID

  - Support of injection of external metadata

  - HTTPS: support of AWS extension 'x-amz-*' in HTTPS     headers, permitting to manage temporary credentials     (AssumeRole)

  - MPEG-4, #1005: Obey edit list in QuickTime Timecode     track

Bug corrections :

  - MIXML: hide fields which were hidden in normal output

  - Hybrid AC-3/E-AC-3 (in Blu-rays): bit rate info was     wrong

  - Lot of bug fixes, see full log for more info

version 18.05

Added :

  - PBCore 2.1 export update, sponsored by WGBH as part of     the NEH-funded PBCore Development and Preservation     Project

  - TIFF: more IFDs are supported (density, software...)

  - NISO Z39.87 output

Fixed :

  - Mastering Display Color Primaries: was always showing     BT.709 instead of real value, when present

  - Attachments: do not provide anymore attachments content     in XML by default, fixes

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5237-1 advisory.

  - In MediaInfoLib in MediaArea MediaInfo 20.03, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in     Streams_Fill_PerStream in Multiple/File_MpegPs.cpp (aka an off-by-one during MpegPs parsing).
    (CVE-2020-15395)

  - Mediainfo before version 20.08 has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability via     MediaInfoLib::File_Gxf::ChooseParser_ChannelGrouping. (CVE-2020-26797)

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

Update to 20.09.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
148072	Debian DLA-2603-1 : libmediainfo security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/24/2021	1/12/2024	high
140681	openSUSE Security Update : libmediainfo / mediainfo (openSUSE-2020-1390)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/21/2020	2/20/2024	high
183173	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities (USN-5237-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/16/2023	10/16/2023	high
142914	Fedora 32 : libmediainfo / mediainfo (2020-dec3658f55)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/17/2020	2/8/2024	high

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