Ubuntu Security Notice 1209-2 - It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed ogg files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted ogg 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. It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed AMV files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted AMV 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. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1209-2
September 19, 2011
libav vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.04
Summary:
Libav could be made to 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 ogg
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted ogg 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.
(CVE-2011-1196)
It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed AMV
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted AMV 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.
(CVE-2011-1931)
Emmanouel Kellinis discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain
malformed CAVS files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted CAVS
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. (CVE-2011-3362)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.04:
libavcodec52 4:0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
libavformat52 4:0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1209-2
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1209-1
CVE-2011-1196, CVE-2011-1931, CVE-2011-3362
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1