Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for ffmpeg. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for ffmpeg
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22198
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22198/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for ffmpeg. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA22180
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandriva Linux 2006
70f951cfb00bd1a976ffd682f71c23ef
2006.0/i586/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
0de2a4efb5beb153e13a46ef160076b3
2006.0/i586/libffmpeg0-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
80a876fead4c2f1fda335964b84407fd
2006.0/i586/libffmpeg0-devel-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
8a22beb958201500862541f9cc18c399
2006.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64
dc1aed466f6b4064765a1a333c7c4710
2006.0/x86_64/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
299a9fcfdce014cc13b906df6fe133f6
2006.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg0-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
9b2483e5edb8cf196b0df877706c315f
2006.0/x86_64/lib64ffmpeg0-devel-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
8a22beb958201500862541f9cc18c399
2006.0/SRPMS/ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.pre1.5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:173
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22180:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22180/
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