CVE-2016-1897
Published: 14 January 2016
FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the concat protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains the first line of a local file.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain media files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
ffmpeg Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.8.5,2.7.5,2.6.7,2.5.10)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
libav Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | DSA-3506-1 fixed this by building with --disable-protocol=concat |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1897
- http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2944-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian