SB2020070708 - OpenSUSE Linux update for live555 



SB2020070708 - OpenSUSE Linux update for live555

Published: July 7, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020070708
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7314)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error when mishandling of the termination of an RTSP stream after RTP/RTCP-over-RTSP has been set up. A remote attacker can trigger segmentation fault and cause the RTSP server to crash.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9215)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the parseAuthorizationHeader() function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against application using the vulnerable version of Live555 codec library.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.