| Name | CVE-2021-41396 |
| Description | Live555 through 1.08 does not handle socket connections properly. A huge number of incoming socket connections in a short time invokes the error-handling module, in which a heap-based buffer overflow happens. An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| liblivemedia (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2016.11.28-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2018.11.26-1.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| liblivemedia | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| liblivemedia | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[buster] - liblivemedia <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - liblivemedia <ignored> (Minor issue)