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  Severity: Normal
     Title: GStreamer FFmpeg plugin: Heap-based buffer overflow
      Date: February 05, 2006
      Bugs: #119512
        ID: 200602-01

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Synopsis
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The GStreamer FFmpeg plugin is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may
be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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The GStreamer FFmpeg plugin uses code from the FFmpeg library to
provide fast colorspace conversion and multimedia decoders to the
GStreamer open source media framework.

Affected packages
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     Package                           /  Vulnerable  /     Unaffected
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  1  media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg     < 0.8.7-r1       >= 0.8.7-r1

Description
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The GStreamer FFmpeg plugin contains derived code from the FFmpeg
library, which is vulnerable to a heap overflow in the
"avcodec_default_get_buffer()" function discovered by Simon Kilvington
(see GLSA 200601-06).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to run an application using the
GStreamer FFmpeg plugin on a maliciously crafted PIX_FMT_PAL8 format
image file (like PNG images), possibly leading to the execution of
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the
application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GStreamer FFmpeg plugin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.8.7-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2005-4048
          [ 2 ] GLSA 200601-06
        https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200601-06

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200602-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/