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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200803-22 ] LIVE555 Media Server: Denial of Service
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:16:07
Message-Id: 47D9B450.1010607@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: LIVE555 Media Server: Denial of Service
12 Date: March 13, 2008
13 Bugs: #204065
14 ID: 200803-22
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18 Synopsis
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21 A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in LIVE555 Media
22 Server.
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24 Background
25 ==========
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27 LIVE555 Media Server is a set of libraries for multimedia streaming.
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29 Affected packages
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33 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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35 1 media-plugins/live < 2008.02.08 >= 2008.02.08
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37 Description
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40 Luigi Auriemma reported a signedness error in the
41 parseRTSPRequestString() function when processing short RTSP queries.
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43 Impact
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46 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted RTSP query to the
47 vulnerable server, resulting in a crash.
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49 Workaround
50 ==========
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All LIVE555 Media Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/live-2008.02.08"
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62 Note: Due to ABI changes, applications built against LIVE555 Media
63 Server such as VLC or MPlayer should also be rebuilt.
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6036
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6036
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-22.xml
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79 Concerns?
80 =========
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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