Gentoo: 200909-02 Advisory: Libvorbis Service Denial Vulnerability
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September 7, 2009
A processing error in libvorbis might result in the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-02
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: libvorbis: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: September 07, 2009
Bugs: #280590
ID: 200909-02
Synopsis
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A processing error in libvorbis might result in the execution of
arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background
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libvorbis is the reference implementation of the Xiph.org Ogg Vorbis
audio file format. It is used by many applications for playback of Ogg
Vorbis files.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libvorbis < 1.2.3 >= 1.2.3
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Lucas Adamski reported that libvorbis does not correctly process fi...
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