Gentoo: GLSA-200803-22: LIVE555 Media Server: Denial of Service
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: LIVE555 Media Server: Denial of Service Date: March 13, 2008 Bugs: #204065 ID: 200803-22
Synopsis ======= A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in LIVE555 Media Server.
Background ========= LIVE555 Media Server is a set of libraries for multimedia streaming.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-plugins/live < 2008.02.08 >= 2008.02.08
========== Luigi Auriemma reported a signedness error in the parseRTSPRequestString() function when processing short RTSP queries.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted RTSP query to the vulnerable server, resulting in a crash.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All LIVE555 Media Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/live-2008.02.08"
Note: Due to ABI changes, applications built against LIVE555 Media Server such as VLC or MPlayer should also be rebuilt.
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6036 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6036
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-22
Concerns? ======== 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 ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
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