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ffmpeg: denial of service

Package(s):ffmpeg CVE #(s):CVE-2009-4639
Created:April 4, 2011 Updated:July 18, 2011
Description: From the Mandriva advisory:

The av_rescale_rnd function in the AVI demuxer in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AVI file that triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:112 2011-07-18
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:061 2011-04-01
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:060 2011-04-01
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:059 2011-04-01
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:088 2011-05-16
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