1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1370-1

USN-1370-1: libvorbis vulnerability

Publication date

20 February 2012

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • libvorbis - The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec

Details

It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle certain malformed
ogg files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted ogg file
with an application that uses libvorbis, an attacker could cause a denial
of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle certain malformed
ogg files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted ogg file
with an application that uses libvorbis, an attacker could cause a denial
of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.10 oneiric libvorbis0a –  1.3.2-1ubuntu2.1
11.04 natty libvorbis0a –  1.3.2-1ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick libvorbis0a –  1.3.1-1ubuntu0.1
10.04 lucid libvorbis0a –  1.2.3-3ubuntu1.1

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