metadata/glsa/glsa-201705-08.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201705-08">
  <title>libav: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libav, the worst of
    which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libav</product>
  <announced>2017-05-09</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-05-09</revised>
  <bug>552320</bug>
  <bug>571870</bug>
  <bug>600706</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/libav" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">11.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">11.8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Libav is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and
      video.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libav. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
      file in an application linked against libav, possibly resulting in
      execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the application, a
      Denial of Service condition or access the content of arbitrary local
      files.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libav users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/libav-11.8"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3395">CVE-2015-3395</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3417">CVE-2015-3417</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1897">CVE-2016-1897</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1898">CVE-2016-1898</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2326">CVE-2016-2326</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3062">CVE-2016-3062</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-19T06:09:28Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-05-09T19:51:34Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>