CVE - CVE-2016-1898

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1898	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the subfile protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains an arbitrary line of a local file.
References
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BID:80501 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501 CERT-VN:VU#772447 URL:https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447 DEBIAN:DSA-3506 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506 GENTOO:GLSA-201606-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09 GENTOO:GLSA-201705-08 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08 MISC:http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160114 Re: Fwd: FFmpeg: stealing local files with HLS+concat URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1 SECTRACK:1034932 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932 SLACKWARE:SSA:2016-034-02 URL:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0243 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html UBUNTU:USN-2944-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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