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Debian 8 Jessie: DLA-2039-1 Critical: libvorbis DoS Issues

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 17, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Significant vulnerabilities in libvorbis addressed in Debian 8 Jessie. Users should update to avoid potential service interruptions.
Two issues have been found in libvorbis, a decoder library for Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
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security advisory denial of service security issue Debian out-of-bounds libvorbis audio codec

Summary

2017-14633

In Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5, an out-of-bounds array read
vulnerability exists in the function mapping0_forward() in
mapping0.c, which may lead to DoS when operating on a crafted
audio file with vorbis_analysis().

2017-11333

The vorbis_analysis_wrote function in lib/block.c in Xiph.Org
libvorbis 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (OOM) via a crafted wav file.


For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
1.3.4-2+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbis packages.

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



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Package: libvorbis
Version: 1.3.4-2+deb8u3
CVE ID: CVE-2017-11333 CVE-2017-14633

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security advisory denial of service security issue Debian out-of-bounds libvorbis audio codec

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