1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3283-1

USN-3283-1: rtmpdump vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 May 2017

Overview

rtmpdump could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed a specially crafted stream.

Releases

Packages

  • rtmpdump - small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol

Details

Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain
malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted stream, a remote attacker could cause rtmpdump to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain
malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted stream, a remote attacker could cause rtmpdump to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial librtmp1 –  2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty librtmp0 –  2.4+20121230.gitdf6c518-1ubuntu0.1

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