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LIVE555 Streaming Media Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with LIVE555 Streaming Media and is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the parseRTSPRequestString function in RTSPServer.cpp file

Affected Software

Affected Software

Live555 Media Streaming Versions before 2015.07.23.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to 2015.07.23 or later versions.