DSA-5518-1 libvpx -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5518-1 libvpx -- security update

Date Reported:

05 Oct 2023

Affected Packages:

libvpx

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-44488.

More information:

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the encoding support in libvpx, a multimedia library for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, may result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.0-1+deb11u2.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

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