USN-630-1: ffmpeg vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10

Packages

• ffmpeg -

Details

It was discovered that ffmpeg did not correctly handle STR file
demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file,
a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via
applications linked against ffmpeg.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04

• libavformat1d - 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• libavformat1d - 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-3162