Fedora 23: 2015-15934 Moderate Update for Libvpx DoS Vulnerability Fix
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September 20, 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 .
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Name: libvpx
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.4.0
Release: 5.fc23
Summary: VP8 Video Codec SDK
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