<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-33"> <title>FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> Multiple vulnerabilities in FFmpeg may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ffmpeg gst-plugins-ffmpeg mplayer</product> <announced>2009-03-19</announced> <revised count="01">2009-03-19</revised> <bug>231831</bug> <bug>231834</bug> <bug>245313</bug> <bug>257217</bug> <bug>257381</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-video/ffmpeg" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.4.9_p20090201</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.9_p20090201</vulnerable> </package> <package name="media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.10.5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.10.5</vulnerable> </package> <package name="media-video/mplayer" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0_rc2_p28450</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0_rc2_p28450</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. gst-plugins-ffmpeg is a FFmpeg based gstreamer plugin which includes a vulnerable copy of FFmpeg code. Mplayer is a multimedia player which also includes a vulnerable copy of the code. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple vulnerabilities were found in FFmpeg: </p> <ul><li>astrange reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet() in libavformat/psxstr.c when processing .str files (CVE-2008-3162).</li> <li>Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c (CVE-2008-4866).</li> <li>A buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c (CVE-2008-4867).</li> <li>An unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close() function in libavcodec/utils.c (CVE-2008-4868).</li> <li>Unspecified memory leaks (CVE-2008-4869).</li> <li>Tobias Klein repoerted a NULL pointer dereference due to an integer signedness error in the fourxm_read_header() function in libavformat/4xm.c (CVE-2009-0385).</li> </ul> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20090201"</code> <p> All gst-plugins-ffmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.5"</code> <p> All Mplayer users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p28450"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3162 ">CVE-2008-3162</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4866">CVE-2008-4866</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4867">CVE-2008-4867</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4868">CVE-2008-4868</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4869">CVE-2008-4869</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0385">CVE-2009-0385</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-10-31T21:30:59Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-17T22:05:30Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-17T22:05:39Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>