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Scientific Linux: CVE-2009-3379 Important Libvorbis Security Flaw

Scientific Large Esm H446
Important: libvorbis security update
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:59:03 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: libvorbis on SL3.x, SL4.x,
 SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: libvorbis security update
Issue date:	2009-11-09
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-3379

CVE-2009-3379 libvorbis: security fixes mentioned in MFSA 2009-63

Multiple flaws were found in the libvorbis library. A specially-crafted
Ogg Vorbis media format file (Ogg) could cause an application using
libvorbis to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened.
(CVE-2009-3379)

The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this
update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.src.rpm
 i386:
libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.i386.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.0-12.el3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.i386.rpm
libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.x86_64.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.0-12.el3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
libvorbis-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.src.rpm
 i386:
libvorbis-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libvorbis-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
libvorbis-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-3.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.src.rpm
 i386:
libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm
libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm
libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson