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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1675-1 Critical: FFmpeg Denial Of Service

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1676-1 discusses vulnerabilities in libc6 that may lead to crashes or unauthorized code execution.
FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- ffmpeg: multimedia player, server and encoder

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media

files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an

attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly

execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the

program.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libavcodec52                    4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
  libavformat52                   4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1675-1

CVE-2012-2777, CVE-2012-2784, CVE-2012-2788, CVE-2012-2801

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December 19, 2012

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2

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