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Live555 Streaming Media < 2021.08.04 DoS Vulnerability - Linux

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Live555 Streaming Media is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Live555 mishandles huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and a stack-based buffer over-read. An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Live555 Streaming Media before version 2021.08.04.

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

Update to version 2021.08.04 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)