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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6447-1: AOM Denial Of Service Remediation

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities have been resolved in AOM for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to mitigate risks of possible denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in AOM.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in AOM.

Software Description:

- aom: AV1 Video Codec Library

Details:

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an

automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2020-36130, CVE-2020-36131, CVE-2020-36133, CVE-2020-36135,

CVE-2021-30473, CVE-2021-30474, CVE-2021-30475)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Ubuntu AOM

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   aom-tools                       1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
   libaom-dev                      1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
   libaom-doc                      1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
   libaom0                         1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6447-1

CVE-2020-36130, CVE-2020-36131, CVE-2020-36133, CVE-2020-36135,

CVE-2021-30473, CVE-2021-30474, CVE-2021-30475

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6447-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Ubuntu AOM

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

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