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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): William Grant
  • Date: 2008-07-13 10:45:55 UTC
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20080713104555-3825ermqd0wbge0b
Tags: 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
* SECURITY UPDATE: multiple denials of service, arbitrary code execution and
  arbitrary file overwriting vulnerabilities. (LP: #238873)
  - debian/patches/032_CVE-2007-6683.diff: Assume unsafe Mozilla variable
    settings. Fixes file overwriting. Patch from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/033_CVE-2008-0073.diff: Check that the RTSP stream ID
    isn't too large. Fixes arbitrary code execution. Patch from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/034_CVE-2008-1686.diff: Check that the Speex header mode
    is positive. Fixes arbitrary code execution. Patch from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/038_CVE-2008-1768.diff: Fix a buffer overflow in the MP4
    decoder, and an integer overflow in both the Cinepak and Real decoders.
    Patches from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/035_CVE-2008-1769.diff: Perform an appropriate boundary
    check on frames in Cinepak streams. Fixes denial of service. Patch from
    upstream git.
  - debian/patches/036_CVE-2008-1881.diff: Fix subtitle format strings.
    Properly fixes CVE-2007-6681, an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
    Patch from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/037_CVE-2008-2147.diff: Only search for plugins in the
    normal path. Fixes arbitrary code execution. Patch from upstream git.
  - debian/patches/038_CVE-2008-2430.diff: Fix integer overflow in the WAV
    demuxer. Fixes arbitrary code execution. Path from upstream git.
  - References:
    + CVE-2007-6681
    + CVE-2007-6683
    + CVE-2008-0073
    + CVE-2008-1686
    + CVE-2008-1768
    + CVE-2008-1769
    + CVE-2008-1881
    + CVE-2008-2147
    + CVE-2008-2430

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