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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6617-1 Moderate: Libde265 Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Mitigating various vulnerabilities in libde265 across Ubuntu distributions to avert possible execution flaws and service disruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in libde265.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libde265.

Software Description:

- libde265: Open H.265 video codec implementation

Details:

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a

user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04

LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21594)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a

user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21595, CVE-2020-21596,

CVE-2020-21599, CVE-2020-21600, CVE-2020-21601, CVE-2020-21602,

CVE-2020-21603, CVE-2020-21604, CVE-2020-21605)

It was discovered that libde265 did not properly manage memory. If a user

or automated system were tricked into op...

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security advisory denial of service memory management service disruption ubuntu libde265

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libde265-0                      1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libde265-0                      1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libde265-0                      1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6617-1

  CVE-2020-21594, CVE-2020-21595, CVE-2020-21596, CVE-2020-21597,

  CVE-2020-21598, CVE-2020-21599, CVE-2020-21600, CVE-2020-21601,

  CVE-2020-21602, CVE-2020-21603, CVE-2020-21604, CVE-2020-21605,

  CVE-2020-21606, CVE-2021-36408

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6617-1

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