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Live555 Streaming Media < 2021.08.04 DoS Vulnerability - Windows
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
1 year ago
Modified
Modified
1 year 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.