SB2015042203 - Buffer overflow in libmatroska (Alpine package)
Published: April 22, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015042203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8792)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The KaxInternalBlock::ReadData function in libMatroska before 1.4.4 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via crafted EBML lacing, which triggers an invalid memory access.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.