Fedora 22: FEDORA-2015-14851 Critical: Libvdpau Media Flaw
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September 24, 2015
Update to 1.1.1 Security fix for CVE-2015-5198, CVE-2015-5199, CVE-2015-5200
Summary
VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an
interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in
modern GPUs.
Update Information:
Update to 1.1.1 Security fix for CVE-2015-5198, CVE-2015-5199, CVE-2015-5200
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1253827 - CVE-2015-5200 libvdpau vulnerability in trace functionality
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253827
[ 2 ] Bug #1253826 - CVE-2015-5199 libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826
[ 3 ] Bug #1253824 - CVE-2015-5198 libvdpau incorrect check for security transition
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253824
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libvdpau' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: libvdpau
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.1.1
Release: 1.fc22
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Summary: Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API
Topics Covered
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