NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting rtmpdump package, versions <2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-RTMPDUMP-290066
  • published13 Apr 2017
  • disclosed13 Apr 2017

Introduced: 13 Apr 2017

CVE-2015-8270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 rtmpdump to version 2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rtmpdump package and not the rtmpdump package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The AMF3ReadString function in amf.c in RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote RTMP Media servers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and process crash).