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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-01 Moderate: Security Flaws Found in RTMPDump

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
RTMPDumper security flaws identified; users advised to update immediately for protection. Complete advisory information inside.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RTMPDump, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RTMPDump. The following is a list of vulnerabilities fixed:
* Additional decode input size checks * Ignore zero-length packets * Potential integer overflow in RTMPPacket_Alloc(). * Obsolete RTMPPacket_Free() call left over from original C++ to C rewrite * AMFProp_GetObject must make sure the prop is actually an object

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution rtmpdump media streaming

Resolution

All RTMPDump users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=media-video/rtmpdump-2.4_p20161210"

References

[ 1 ] OSS ML CVE Request https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/30/1

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-02
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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: RTMPDump: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2017
Bugs: #570242
ID: 201702-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution rtmpdump media streaming

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RTMPDump, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

RTMPDump is an RTMP client intended to stream audio or video flash content

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/rtmpdump < 2.4_p20161210 >= 2.4_p20161210

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media flash file using RTMPDump. This could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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