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Debian DSA-3355-1: libvdpau Security Update for Local Privilege Escalation

Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security discovered that libvdpau, the VDPAU wrapper library, did not properly validate environment variables, allowing local attackers to gain additional privileges. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3355-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Alessandro Ghedini September 10, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : libvdpau CVE ID : CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 Debian Bug : 797895 Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security discovered that libvdpau, the VDPAU wrapper library, did not properly validate environment variables, allowing local attackers to gain additional privileges. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.1-7+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8-3+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.1-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libvdpau 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. . The security update for libvdpau in Debian fixes a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to problems in validating environment variables.. Debian Security, libvdpau Update, Local Escalation. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 10, 2015 •Important Debian