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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for ffmpeg (DLA-2818-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ffmpeg' package(s) announced via the DLA-2818-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Multiple issues have been discovered in ffmpeg - tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files. CVE-2020-20445 Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/lpc.h, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service. CVE-2020-20446 Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aacpsy.c, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service. CVE-2020-20451 Denial of Service issue due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c. CVE-2020-20453 Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aaccoder, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service. CVE-2020-22037 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c CVE-2020-22041 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags function in buffersrc. CVE-2020-22044 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c. CVE-2020-22046 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl function in libavutil/float_dsp.c. CVE-2020-22048 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c. CVE-2020-22049 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector function in wtvdec.c. CVE-2020-22054 A Denial of Service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in dict.c. CVE-2021-38171 adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c does not check the init_get_bits return value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted. CVE-2021-38291 Assertion failure at src/libavutil/mathematics.c, causing ffmpeg aborted is detected. In some extrme cases, like with adpcm_ms samples with an extremely high channel count, get_audio_frame_duration() may return a negative frame duration value.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'ffmpeg' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 7:3.2.16-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ffmpeg packages.