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PLSA-2008-77.txt

Posted on 02 December 2008
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-77 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2008-12-02
Severity: 3
Type: Remote
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Summary
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Two vulnerabilities have been fixed in ffmpeg which can cause to a DoS
(Denial of Service)


Description
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1. An endless loop vulnerability when opening corrupt FLV files (issue
699). -- fixed in r15738

2. A divided by zero vulnerability in sub_packet_size. -- fixed in
r15739


Affected packages:

Pardus 2008:
ffmpeg, all before 0.4.9_20080909-48-16


Resolution
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There are update(s) for ffmpeg. You can update them via Package Manager
or with a single command from console:

pisi up ffmpeg

References
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* http://svn.pardus.org.tr/pardus/devel/applications/multimedia/ffmpeg/
* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8734

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--
Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr


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