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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2412-1 (libvorbis)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libvorbis announced via advisory DSA 2412-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that a heap overflow in the Vorbis audio compression library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Ogg Vorbis file is processed. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.1-1+squeeze1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbis packages.