GLSA 200609-09: FFmpeg: Buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	FFmpeg: Buffer overflows
Date:	09/13/2006
Bugs:	#133520
ID:	200609-09

Synopsis

FFmpeg is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that might be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Background

FFmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/ffmpeg	< 0.4.9_p20060530	>= 0.4.9_p20060530	All supported architectures

Description

FFmpeg contains buffer overflows in the AVI processing code.

Impact

An attacker could trigger the buffer overflows by enticing a user to load a specially crafted AVI file in an application using the FFmpeg library. This might result in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the running application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060530"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-09.xml

Concerns?

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