libvdpau could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.
3 September 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
libvdpau could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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