DSA-4140-1 libvorbis -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5146  

Richard Zhu discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the codebook parsing code of the Libvorbis multimedia library could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Vorbis file is opened. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.4-2+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5-4+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbis packages. For the detailed security status of libvorbis please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvorbis

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4140-1 libvorbis -- security update

Date Reported:
16 Mar 2018
Affected Packages:
libvorbis
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 893130.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-5146.
More information:

Richard Zhu discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the codebook parsing code of the Libvorbis multimedia library could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Vorbis file is opened.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.4-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5-4+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbis packages.

For the detailed security status of libvorbis please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvorbis