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Posted on 16 March 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4141-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
March 16, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libvorbisidec
CVE ID : CVE-2018-5147
Debian Bug : 893132
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the
codebook parsing code of the Libtremor 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 1.0.2+svn18153-1~deb8u2.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.2+svn18153-1+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libvorbisidec packages.
For the detailed security status of libvorbisidec please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvorbisidec
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
