Information Exposure Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.8.5-1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FFMPEG-5679245
- published15 Jan 2016
- disclosed15 Jan 2016
Introduced: 15 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-1897 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:2.8.5-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the concat protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains the first line of a local file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1897
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
- http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855
- http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/110644
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1897
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1