CVE-2013-6933
liblivemedia - security update
EPSS 3.4%
Description
The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) space or (2) tab character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2013-6933
To remediate CVE-2013-6933, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/liblivemedia—upgrade to 2012.05.17-1+wheezy1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.3-5+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2013-6933 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2012.05.17-1+wheezy1
- from 0, < 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1
- from 0, < 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+deb7u1
- from 0, < 2.1.4-1
- from 0, < 2.0.3-5+deb7u2