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Debian 8: DSA-3506-1 Urgent: Fixes for Libav Decoder Vulnerabilities

Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3506-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 04, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : libav CVE ID : CVE-2016-1897 CVE-2016-1898 CVE-2016-2326 Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 6:0.8.17-2. For the stable distribution (jessie), libav has been updated to 11.6-1~deb8u1 which brings several further bugfixes as detailed in the upstream changelog: ;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11.6 We recommend that you upgrade your libav packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Several vulnerabilities addressed in libav's decoder and demuxer for Debian's oldstable and stable releases.. Libav Security, Decoder Issues, Debian Security Advisory, Multimedia Library Fix. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 04, 2016 •Low Debian