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Information Exposure Affecting libav package, versions <4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBAV-405032
  • published15 Jan 2016
  • disclosed15 Jan 2016
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Introduced: 15 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-1898  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 libav to version 4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the subfile protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains an arbitrary line of a local file.