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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A vulnerability was found in how ffmpeg handled STR file demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via applications linked against ffmpeg (CVE-2008-3162). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:157
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : ffmpeg
 Date    : July 29, 2008
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, Corporate 4.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A vulnerability was found in how ffmpeg handled STR file demuxing.
 If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a
 remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges
 via applications linked against ffmpeg (CVE-2008-3162).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3162
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 ae25c2c8c0b9c203838ebdb16edf3cd7  2008.0/i586/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 b993460f63b28408ac2e622bd3f9c901  2008.0/i586/libavformats51-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 da89ab32046b1f6237c176a19c0181ba  2008.0/i586/libavutil49-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 bba25f536e8671de252eee1d6d554ef1  2008.0/i586/libffmpeg51-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 a3e22fd3c2e8ab94cd72d86944b047e9  2008.0/i586/libffmpeg51-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 562f7748f801d7641eca6dd7d8fb1561  2008.0/i586/libffmpeg51-static-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 421ed85bd1e008689a201f57784e437e  2008.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 3cf787f2d3b79c2e96116faf86005cfc  2008.0/x86_64/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 582cf6a1a1f006d09879870de07b0cb2  2008.0/x86_64/lib64avformats51-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 1bc82c10c3bc7e8a42b3050ae21381e9  2008.0/x86_64/lib64avutil49-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 1418a90a928eec4b23ff627708c3f81c  2008.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg51-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 5ac35e4fbb7b577b089c5025e6673921  2008.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg51-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 0431e267f463acec6e9816e3c4c705cf  2008.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg51-static-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 421ed85bd1e008689a201f57784e437e  2008.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 2b60890f19364bba89355bf2e9591de0  2008.1/i586/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 14be45deaf28b83811b31393de84f485  2008.1/i586/libavformats52-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 b56c50776ab0b2ee99a8cbde9f886aaa  2008.1/i586/libavutil49-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 27dd250bf7e2ea9348c065e7e636b005  2008.1/i586/libffmpeg51-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 e8b9c9bf851b474e47818091d2863e05  2008.1/i586/libffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 82e066ddec0a087797820c1ae8405fd9  2008.1/i586/libffmpeg-static-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 621e230ae47c108d2c374b364390f985  2008.1/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 ea88ad242ce40bc61fb3ecd909e549e8  2008.1/x86_64/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 c1aff16116dd4412f61c184e36961d93  2008.1/x86_64/lib64avformats52-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 1c395a0421a09a308dcabf7c39563f4d  2008.1/x86_64/lib64avutil49-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 1489abed64a0ad9d3230bce2c197a0f7  2008.1/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg51-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 62bf441a596a4229725f763633b96180  2008.1/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 a5cfbab66f4d1369734b06eef13c7dcd  2008.1/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg-static-devel-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 621e230ae47c108d2c374b364390f985  2008.1/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.11599.2.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0:
 375dacd74cb6b9bb1958eb8620ac792b  corporate/4.0/i586/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 63fe853ff06afd0e72bc3deb5c68e688  corporate/4.0/i586/libffmpeg0-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 fe7bcf0bde4d7d796de3f84cb7b86198  corporate/4.0/i586/libffmpeg0-devel-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 59377fd8aa669a07fc436c16c23e90c2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 3df9580580f2251fdd37d1cfc2719a9b  corporate/4.0/x86_64/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 51582337521992d3bb7551f4d0e087b8  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg0-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 610927bcf89e1072506f5e617c1c4da5  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg0-devel-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 59377fd8aa669a07fc436c16c23e90c2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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