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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3283-2 Critical: rtmpdump Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installation is up to date to resolve security issues associated with rtmpdump. This will help avert system crashes and the risk of remote code exploitation.
rtmpdump could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed a specially crafted stream.

Summary

rtmpdump could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed

a specially crafted stream.

Software Description:

- rtmpdump: small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol

Details:

Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain

malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially

crafted stream, a remote attacker could cause rtmpdump to crash, resulting

in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  librtmp0                        2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3283-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3283-1

  CVE-2015-8270, CVE-2015-8271, CVE-2015-8272

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May 23, 2017

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