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(CVE-2019-7314)\n\nIn Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory\naccess in the parseAuthorizationHeader function. (CVE-2019-9215)\n\nMplayer and VLC has been rebuilt against new live packages.\n\nAlso, VLC has been updated to version 3.0.6.\n","status":"published","published":"2019-03-29T15:51:06Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:58.276681107Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.793816Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2019:1797-1","title":"Security update for live555","description":"This update for live555 fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2019-9215: Malformed headers could have lead to invalid memory\n  access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function. (boo#1127341)\n\n- CVE-2019-7314: Mishandled termination of an RTSP stream after RTP/RTCP-over-RTSP has been set up could have lead to a Use-After-Free error causing the RTSP server to crash or possibly have unspecified other impact. 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(boo#1124159)\n\n- Update to version 2019.06.28, \n- Convert to dynamic libraries (boo#1121995):\n  + Use make ilinux-with-shared-libraries: build the dynamic libs\n    instead of the static one.\n  + Use make install instead of a manual file copy script: this\n    also reveals that we missed quite a bit of code to be installed\n    before.\n  + Split out shared library packages according the SLPP.\n- Use FAT LTO objects in order to provide proper static library.\n\n\nThis update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.","status":"published","published":"2019-08-14T09:58:45Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:36:31.424304Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:30.784344Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2020:0944-1","title":"Security update for live555","description":"This update for live555 fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2019-9215: Malformed headers could have lead to invalid memory\n  access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function. 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