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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:0136-01 libvorbis Important Risk Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2012
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Critical libvorbis patch for CentOS 4, 5, and 6 mitigates a buffer overflow vulnerability successfully.
Updated libvorbis packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

The libvorbis packages contain runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis. Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libvorbis library parsed Ogg Vorbis media files. If a specially-crafted Ogg Vorbis media file was opened by an application using libvorbis, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-0444)
Users of libvorbis should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0444 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm
ia64: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ia64.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ia64.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ia64.rpm
ppc: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc.rpm libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc64.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc64.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc.rpm
s390: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm
s390x: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390x.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390x.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0136-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0136.html
Issue date: 2012-02-15

Topic

Updated libvorbis packages that fix one security issue are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow security fix memory leak important update libvorbis

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

786026 - CVE-2012-0444 Firefox: Ogg Vorbis Decoding Memory Corruption (MFSA 2012-07)

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