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Debian DSA-3027-1 Critical: Libav Decoder Security Patches for Stability

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2014
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Debian DSA-3028-2 addresses vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, enhancing cryptographic security and safeguarding communications across applications.
Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library
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Summary

Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and
decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is
available at
;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v0.8.15

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 6:0.8.16-1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 6:11~alpha2-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6:11~alpha2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libav packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libav
CVE ID: CVE-2013-7020

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