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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0046
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0046)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ffmpeg' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0046 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ffmpeg' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0046 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated ffmpeg packages fix security vulnerabilities:

This update provides ffmpeg version 4.1.5, which fixes several bugs, and
atleasst the following security vulnerabilities:

In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL
pointer dereference and possibly unspecified other impact when there is
no valid close function pointer (CVE-2019-17539).

FFmpeg before 4.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk
because of an out-of-array access in vqa_decode_init in libavcodec/
vqavideo.c (CVE-2019-17542).

Affected Software/OS:
'ffmpeg' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-17539
Debian Security Information: DSA-4722 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4722
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15733
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8df6884832ec413cf032dfaa45c23b1c7876670c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00026.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-17542
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15919
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/02f909dc24b1f05cfbba75077c7707b905e63cd2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00022.html
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