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Fedora 21: libvpx Security Update CVE-2015-1258 Performance Fix

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora Security Alert: libvpx has received a critical update addressing CVE-2015-1258. Ensure timely system updates to maintain security.
libvpx-1.3.0-7.fc21 - set --size-limit=16384x16384 to fix CVE-2015-1258 libvpx-1.3.0-7.fc22 - set --size-limit=16384x16384 to fix CVE-2015-1258 libvpx-1.4.0-5.fc23 - set --size-lim...

Summary

libvpx provides the VP8 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications

with the VP8 video codec, a high quality, royalty free, open source codec

deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide.

Update Information:

libvpx-1.3.0-7.fc21 - set --size-limit=16384x16384 to fix CVE-2015-1258 libvpx-1.3.0-7.fc22 - set --size-limit=16384x16384 to fix CVE-2015-1258 libvpx-1.4.0-5.fc23 - set --size-limit=16384x16384 to avoid CVE-2015-1258

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora performance fix video codec libvpx CVE-2015-1258

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1223266 - CVE-2015-1258 chromium-browser: Negative-size parameter in Libvpx. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223266

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libvpx' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libvpx
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 1.3.0
Release: 7.fc21
URL: Summary : VP8 Video Codec SDK

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security advisory security update Fedora performance fix video codec libvpx CVE-2015-1258

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