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INFORMATION BULLETIN
ffmpeg
[Debian Security Advisory DSA-992-1]
March 13, 2006 17:00 GMT Number Q-144
[REVISED 20 Mar 2006]
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PROBLEM: Specially crafted PNG images can trigger a heap overflow in
libavcodec, the multimedia library of ffmpeg.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
DAMAGE: May lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. May lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
ASSESSMENT:
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-144.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: Debian Security Advisory DSA-992-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
Debian Security Advisory DSA-1004-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2005-4048
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REVISION HISTORY:
03/20/06 - added a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1004-1
[***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-992-1 *****]
Debian Security Advisory
DSA-992-1 ffmpeg -- buffer overflow
Date Reported:
10 Mar 2006
Affected Packages:
ffmpeg
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 342207.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-4048.
More information:
Simon Kilvington discovered that specially crafted PNG images can trigger a
heap overflow in libavcodec, the multimedia library of ffmpeg, which may lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) doesn't contain ffmpeg packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.
cvs20050313-2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.
cvs20050918-5.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ffmpeg package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-2
sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-2
sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313.o
rig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-2
sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_0.cvs20050313-
2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_0.cvs
20050313-2sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
[***** End Debian Security Advisory DSA-992-1 *****]
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