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Fedora 23 Remote Code Execution Advisory: CVE-2016-1621 Libvpx Update

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This important Fedora 23 update fixes CVE-2016-1621 in libvpx, addressing a serious vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution
Fix CVE-2016-1621 in bundled libwebm code.

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:

Fix CVE-2016-1621 in bundled libwebm code.

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1318187 - CVE-2016-1621 libvpx: remote code execution via crafted media file [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318187

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 23
Version: 1.4.0
Release: 6.fc23
URL: https://www.webmproject.org/code/
Summary: VP8 Video Codec SDK

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