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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7188-1 critical: FFmpeg integer overflow attack

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7190-2 highlights a critical issue within the OpenSSL library, enabling unauthorized code execution via specially designed requests.
FFmpeg could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

FFmpeg could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input, which

could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service by crashing the application.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions integer overflow software issue FFmpeg

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra58              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec58                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra7              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter7                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat-extra58             7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil56                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc55                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample3                  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale5                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra58              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec58                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra7              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter7                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample4                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil56                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc55                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample3                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale5                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra57              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec57                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra6              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter6                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample3                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil55                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc54                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample2                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale4                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libav-tools                     7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56       7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-ffmpeg56             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-ffmpeg5             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample-ffmpeg2           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil-ffmpeg54              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc-ffmpeg53            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample-ffmpeg1           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale-ffmpeg3              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart FFmpeg to make
all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7188-1

  CVE-2024-36617

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7188-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions integer overflow software issue FFmpeg

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