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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200609-09 ] FFmpeg: Buffer overflows
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:40:22
Message-Id: 200609132056.53094.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: FFmpeg: Buffer overflows
9 Date: September 13, 2006
10 Bugs: #133520
11 ID: 200609-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 FFmpeg is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that might be
19 exploited to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 FFmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-video/ffmpeg < 0.4.9_p20060530 >= 0.4.9_p20060530
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34 Description
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37 FFmpeg contains buffer overflows in the AVI processing code.
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39 Impact
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42 An attacker could trigger the buffer overflows by enticing a user to
43 load a specially crafted AVI file in an application using the FFmpeg
44 library. This might result in the execution of arbitrary code in the
45 context of the running application.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060530"
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60 Availability
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63 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
64 the Gentoo Security Website:
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66 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-09.xml
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68 Concerns?
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71 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
72 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
73 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
74 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
75 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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77 License
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80 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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83 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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86 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5