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Fedora 40: FEDORA-2024-12fcc689ac Critical: dav1d AV1 Decoder Issue

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The Fedora 40 release integrates dav1d 1.4.0, which resolves a significant problem related to the efficiency and safety of AV1 video decoding.
Update to version 1.4.0

Summary

dav1d is a new AV1 cross-platform Decoder, open-source, and focused on speed

and correctness.

Update Information:

Update to version 1.4.0. This version addresses CVE-2024-1580 (see RHBZ#2264939).

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora dav1d decoder AV1 issue

Change Log

* Thu Feb 29 2024 Fabio Valentini - 1.4.0-1 - Update to version 1.4.0; Fixes RHBZ#2264274

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-12fcc689ac 2024-03-23 00:20:56.397098 Name : dav1d Product : Fedora 40 Version : 1.4.0 Release : 1.fc40 URL : https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d Summary : AV1 cross-platform Decoder Description : dav1d is a new AV1 cross-platform Decoder, open-source, and focused on speed and correctness.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-12fcc689ac' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: dav1d
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 1.4.0
Release: 1.fc40
URL: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d
Summary: AV1 cross-platform Decoder

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora dav1d decoder AV1 issue

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