Debian: DSA-2412-1 Moderate: Libvorbis Heap Overflow Risk
debian
February 19, 2012
It was discovered that a heap overflow in the Vorbis audio compression library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Ogg Vorbis file is processed
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Summary
It was discovered that a heap overflow in the Vorbis audio compression
library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed
Ogg Vorbis file is processed.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.1-1+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbis packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libvorbis
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0444
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