USN-3283-2: rtmpdump vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3283-2
23rd May, 2017
rtmpdump vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
rtmpdump could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed
a specially crafted stream.
Software description
- rtmpdump
– small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol
Details
Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain
malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted stream, a remote attacker could cause rtmpdump to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
librtmp0
2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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