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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-6815-1 Critical: AOM Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2024
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A critical flaw enables remote crashes or arbitrary code execution in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ensure your systems are patched promptly.
AOM could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

AOM could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- aom: AV1 Video Codec Library

Details:

Xiantong Hou discovered that AOM did not properly handle certain malformed

media files. If an application using AOM 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 code execution ubuntu media file aom

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libaom3                         3.8.2-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6815-1

CVE-2024-5171

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6815-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution ubuntu media file aom

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/3.8.2-2ubuntu0.1

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