USN-4199-1: libvpx vulnerabilities
libvpx vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libvpx.
Software Description
- libvpx – VP8 and VP9 video codec
Details
It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed
WebM media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted
WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libvpx5 – 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libvpx5 – 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libvpx3 – 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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