UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6933

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6933

    Published: 23 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6933

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6933, http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt, http://isecpartners.github.io/fuzzing/vulnerabilities/2013/12/30/vlc-vulnerability.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6933

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblivemedia

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2014.01.13-1

    Affected versions

    2013.04.30-1
    2013.04.30-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High