1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-734-1

USN-734-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 March 2009

Overview

FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed
Ogg Media (OGM) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted Ogg
Media file, an attacker could cause the application using FFmpeg to crash,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-4610)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain parameters
when creating DTS streams. If a user were tricked into processing certain
commands, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2008-4866)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed
DTS Coherent Acoustics (DCA) files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted DCA file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application...

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed
Ogg Media (OGM) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted Ogg
Media file, an attacker could cause the application using FFmpeg to crash,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-4610)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain parameters
when creating DTS streams. If a user were tricked into processing certain
commands, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2008-4866)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed
DTS Coherent Acoustics (DCA) files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted DCA file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-4867)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed 4X
movie (4xm) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted 4xm file,
an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0385)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
8.10 intrepid libavformat52 –  3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1
libavcodec51 –  3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1
8.04 hardy libavformat1d –  3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3
libavcodec1d –  3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3
7.10 gutsy libavformat1d –  3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.2
libavcodec1d –  3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.2

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