Ubuntu alert USN-1674-1 (libav)

From:
    	       Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
To:
    	       ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
Subject:
    	       [USN-1674-1] Libav vulnerabilities 
Date:
    	       Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:47:20 -0500
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    	       <50D1C568.4070909@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1674-1
December 19, 2012

libav vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

Libav could be made to crash or 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 media
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libavcodec53                    4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
  libavformat53                   4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.2

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1674-1
  CVE-2012-2772, CVE-2012-2775, CVE-2012-2777, CVE-2012-2779,
  CVE-2012-2784, CVE-2012-2786, CVE-2012-2788, CVE-2012-2789,
  CVE-2012-2790, CVE-2012-2793, CVE-2012-2794, CVE-2012-2798,
  CVE-2012-2800, CVE-2012-2801

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/4:0.7.6-0ubunt...

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