Mageia 7 MGASA-2019-0369 Critical: libvpx Denial of Service Threat
mageia
December 6, 2019
Updated libvpx packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed WebM media files
Summary
Updated libvpx packages fix security vulnerabilities:
It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed
WebM media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted
WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code (CVE-2019-2126, CVE-2019-9371).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25789
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4199-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2126
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9371
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/libvpx-1.8.1-1.mga7
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Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0369.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-2126,
CVE-2019-9371
Topics Covered
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