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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-15936
2015-09-24 05:07:02.456694
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Name        : libvpx
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 1.3.0
Release     : 7.fc22
URL         : Summary     : VP8 Video Codec SDK
Description :
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.

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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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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1223266 - CVE-2015-1258 chromium-browser: Negative-size parameter in Libvpx.
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223266
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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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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 22: libvpx Security Update

September 24, 2015
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

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 .

Severity
Name : libvpx
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 1.3.0
Release : 7.fc22
URL : Summary : VP8 Video Codec SDK

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