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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4132-1 libvpx -- security update

Date Reported:

04 Mar 2018

Affected Packages:

libvpx

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-13194.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect validation of frame widths in the libvpx multimedia library may result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-3+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1-3+deb9u1.

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