=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2309-1
August 11, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- libav: Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder

Details:

It was discovered that Libav 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 12.04 LTS:
  libavcodec53                    4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libavformat53                   4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2309-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1354755

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu 2309-1: Libav vulnerabilities

August 11, 2014
Libav 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 12.04 LTS: libavcodec53 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 libavformat53 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2309-1

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1354755

Severity
August 11, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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