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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66398
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:297-1 (ffmpeg)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to ffmpeg;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:297-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to ffmpeg
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:297-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
Vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in ffmpeg:

- The ffmpeg lavf demuxer allows user-assisted attackers to cause
a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file
(CVE-2008-3230)

- FFmpeg 0.4.9, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependent attackers
to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unknown vectors,
aka a Tcp/udp memory leak. (CVE-2008-4869)

- Integer signedness error in the fourxm_read_header function in
libavformat/4xm.c in FFmpeg before revision 16846 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed 4X movie file with
a large current_track value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference
(CVE-2009-0385)

The updated packages fix this issue.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.

Affected: 2008.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3230
BugTraq ID: 31234
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31234
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297
https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue530
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/31899
XForce ISS Database: ffmpeg-demuxer-dos(44210)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44210
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4869
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
XForce ISS Database: ffmpeg-tcpudp-dos(46326)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46326
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0385
BugTraq ID: 33502
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502
Bugtraq: 20090128 [TKADV2009-004] FFmpeg Type Conversion Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1781 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781
Debian Security Information: DSA-1782 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.html
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt
http://osvdb.org/51643
http://secunia.com/advisories/33711
http://secunia.com/advisories/34296
http://secunia.com/advisories/34712
http://secunia.com/advisories/34845
http://secunia.com/advisories/34905
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277
XForce ISS Database: ffmpeg-fourxmreadheader-code-execution(48330)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330
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