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Ubuntu 23.04 LTS USN-6403-1 Critical: Libvpx Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 2, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Improve your Ubuntu system's security by updating the libvpx packages to address vulnerabilities mentioned in USN-6403-1, with vital fixes for multiple software versions
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

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

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 critical Ubuntu libvpx

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libvpx7                         1.12.0-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libvpx7                         1.11.0-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libvpx6                         1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6403-1

CVE-2023-44488, CVE-2023-5217

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6403-1

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security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu libvpx

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.12.0-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.11.0-2ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvpx/1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2

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