[ GLSA 200903-33 ] FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200903-33)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 19, 2009
Bug(s): #231831, #231834, #245313, #257217, #257381
ID: 200903-33

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in FFmpeg may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Background

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.

Affected Packages

Package: media-video/ffmpeg
Vulnerable: < 0.4.9_p20090201
Unaffected: >= 0.4.9_p20090201
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg
Vulnerable: < 0.10.5
Unaffected: >= 0.10.5
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: media-video/mplayer
Vulnerable: < 1.0_rc2_p28450
Unaffected: >= 1.0_rc2_p28450
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in FFmpeg:

• astrange reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet() in libavformat/psxstr.c when processing .str files (CVE-2008-3162).
• Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c (CVE-2008-4866).
• A buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c (CVE-2008-4867).
• An unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close() function in libavcodec/utils.c (CVE-2008-4868).
• Unspecified memory leaks (CVE-2008-4869).
• 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).

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version: