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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: USN-1706-1 Critical: ffmpeg Crash and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2013
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Flaws in FFmpeg may cause application crashes or enable code execution through specially designed media files on Ubuntu systems.
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

security advisory code execution critical threat application crash ubuntu ffmpeg media files

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libavcodec52                    4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
  libavformat52                   4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1706-1

CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2803

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January 28, 2013

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security advisory code execution critical threat application crash ubuntu ffmpeg media files

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3

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