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Posted on 16 March 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4140-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
March 16, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libvorbis
CVE ID : CVE-2018-5146
Debian Bug : 893130
Richard Zhu discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the
codeboook parsing code of the Libvorbis multimedia library could result
in the execution of arbitrary code.
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
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
