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Ubuntu: 4199-1 Moderate: libvpx Denial of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities resolved in libvpx for Ubuntu versions 16.04, 18.04, and 19.04, mitigating possible threats.
Several security issues were fixed in libvpx.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libvpx.

Software Description:

- libvpx: VP8 and VP9 video codec

Details:

It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed

WebM media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted

WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly

execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu vulnerability libvpx

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libvpx5                         1.7.0-3ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libvpx5                         1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libvpx3                         1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4199-1

CVE-2017-13194, CVE-2019-2126, CVE-2019-9232, CVE-2019-9325,

CVE-2019-9371, CVE-2019-9433

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November 25, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu vulnerability libvpx

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.7.0-3ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1

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