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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2309-1 Moderate: libav Denial Of Service

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Libav could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2309-1
August 11, 2014

libav vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Libav could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- libav: Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder

Details:

It was discovered that Libav 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libavcodec53                    4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libavformat53                   4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2309-1
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1354755

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2309-1 Moderate: libav Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 11, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent Libav security flaws identified in Ubuntu systems, threatening potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution via specially designed files.
Libav could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libavcodec53 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 libavformat53 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2309-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1354755

August 11, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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