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CVE-2015-8270

Publication date 13 April 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rtmpdump 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.4+20121230.gitdf6c518-1ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
rtmpdump

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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