1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6964-1

USN-6964-1: ORC vulnerability

Publication date

15 August 2024

Overview

ORC could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code

Releases

Packages

  • orc - Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler

Details

Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.

Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.

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
24.04 noble liborc-0.4-0t64 –  1:0.4.38-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy liborc-0.4-0 –  1:0.4.32-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal liborc-0.4-0 –  1:0.4.31-1ubuntu0.1

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