=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1706-1
January 28, 2013

ffmpeg vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- ffmpeg: multimedia player, server and encoder

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libavcodec52                    4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
  libavformat52                   4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1706-1
  CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2803

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3


Ubuntu 1706-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

January 28, 2013
FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libavcodec52 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3 libavformat52 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1706-1

CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2803

Severity
January 28, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3

Related News