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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-71 Moderate: FFmpeg Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2017
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Several security flaws in Gentoo's FFmpeg could result in Denial of Service situations. It is advised to update to minimize threats and enhance safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FFmpeg, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FFmpeg. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote exploit moderate severity ffmpeg

Resolution

All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/ffmpeg-2.8.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-7122 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7122 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7450 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7450 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7502 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7502 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7555 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7555 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-7562 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7562 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-7785 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7785 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-7905 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7905

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-71
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 29, 2017
Bugs: #596760
ID: 201701-71

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote exploit moderate severity ffmpeg

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FFmpeg, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/ffmpeg < 2.8.10 >= 2.8.10

Impact

===== Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition via various crafted media file types or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.