USN-861-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities

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libvorbis -

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It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle ogg files with
underpopulated Huffman trees. 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. (CVE-2008-2009)

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.
(CVE-2009-3379)

It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle ogg files with
underpopulated Huffman trees. 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. (CVE-2008-2009)

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.
(CVE-2009-3379)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use libvorbis, such as Totem and gtkpod, to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
9.10 karmic	libvorbis0a – 1.2.0.dfsg-6ubuntu0.1
9.04 jaunty	libvorbis0a – 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.9.04.2
8.10 intrepid	libvorbis0a – 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.8.10.2
8.04 hardy	libvorbis0a – 1.2.0.dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

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