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openSUSE 11.4: 2012:0319-1 Critical: Libvorbis Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2012
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Patch for libvorbis fixes a severe buffer overflow vulnerability. Ensure your system is up to date via YaST or zypper commands.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

Specially crafted ogg files could cause a heap-based buffer

overflow in the vorbis audio compression library that could

potentially be exploited by attackers to cause a crash or

execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-0444).

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch libvorbis-5850

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

libvorbis-devel-1.3.2-6.7.1

libvorbis0-1.3.2-6.7.1

libvorbisenc2-1.3.2-6.7.1

libvorbisfile3-1.3.2-6.7.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

libvorbis0-32bit-1.3.2-6.7.1

libvorbisenc2-32bit-1.3.2-6.7.1

libvorbisfile3-32bit-1.3.2-6.7.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

libvorbis-doc-1.3.2-6.7.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0444.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0319-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 .

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