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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-22 Normal: Live555 Media Server DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2008
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The LIVE555 Media Server on Gentoo is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks. Update immediately to reduce potential threats.
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in LIVE555 Media Server.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-22
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: LIVE555 Media Server: Denial of Service
      Date: March 13, 2008
      Bugs: #204065
        ID: 200803-22


Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in LIVE555 Media
Server.

Background
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LIVE555 Media Server is a set of libraries for multimedia streaming.

Affected packages
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     Package             /   Vulnerable   /                 Unaffected
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  1  media-plugins/live     < 2008.02.08                 >= 2008.02.08

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Luigi Auriemma reported a signedness error in the
parseRTSPRequestString() function when processing short RTSP queries.

Impact
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A remote attacker...
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