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Ubuntu 22.10 USN-5958-1 Critical: FFmpeg Denial of Service Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 16, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security vulnerabilities found in FFmpeg across various Ubuntu releases, posing possible denial of service risks.
Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: ffmpeg 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavcodec-extra 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavcodec-extra59 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavcodec59 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavdevice59 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavfilter-extra 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavfilter-extra8 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavfilter8 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavformat-extra 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavformat-extra59 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavformat59 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libavutil57 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libpostproc56 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libswresample4 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 libswscale6 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavcodec58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavdevice58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavfilter7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavformat-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavformat-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavformat58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libavutil56 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libpostproc55 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libswresample3 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 libswscale5 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavdevice58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavformat58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavresample4 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavutil56 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libpostproc55 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libswresample3 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libswscale5 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ffmpeg 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec-extra57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavcodec57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavdevice57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter-extra6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavfilter6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavformat57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavresample3 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libavutil55 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libpostproc54 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libswresample2 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 libswscale4 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: ffmpeg 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libav-tools 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavcodec-extra 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavresample-ffmpeg2 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libavutil-ffmpeg54 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libpostproc-ffmpeg53 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libswresample-ffmpeg1 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 libswscale-ffmpeg3 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5958-1

CVE-2022-3109, CVE-2022-3341, CVE-2022-3964, CVE-2022-3965,

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/2007269

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March 16, 2023

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1

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