Ubuntu alert USN-1706-1 (ffmpeg)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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[USN-1706-1] FFmpeg vulnerabilities 
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Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:29:24 -0500
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1706-1
January 28, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- ffmpeg: multimedia player, server and encoder

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg 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 10.04 LTS:
  libavcodec52                    4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
  libavformat52                   4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1706-1
  CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2803

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubun...


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