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Debian Jessie DSA-3355-2 High: Libvdpau Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2015
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Debian DSA-4401-1 introduces a fix for a vulnerability within libssl leading to potential data exposure. Immediate update advised to ensure security.
The previous update for libvdpau, DSA-3355-1, introduced a regression in the stable distribution (jessie) causing a segmentation fault when the DRI_PRIME environment variable is se...

Summary

Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security discovered that libvdpau, the
VDPAU wrapper library, did not properly validate environment variables,
allowing local attackers to gain additional privileges.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8-3+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvdpau 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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