Ubuntu USN-734-1 (ffmpeg-debian)

The remote host is missing an update to ffmpeg-debian announced via advisory USN-734-1.

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed Ogg Media (OGM) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted Ogg Media file, an attacker could cause the application using FFmpeg to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-4610) It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain parameters when creating DTS streams. If a user were tricked into processing certain commands, 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2008-4866) It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed DTS Coherent Acoustics (DCA) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted DCA 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. (CVE-2008-4867) It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain malformed 4X movie (4xm) files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted 4xm file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0385)

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.2 libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3 libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3 Ubuntu 8.10: libavcodec51 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1 libavformat52 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-734-1