USN-3967-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities
6 May 2019
FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- ffmpeg - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Details
It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling
certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
multimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
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ffmpeg
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavcodec-extra58
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavcodec58
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavdevice58
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavfilter-extra7
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavfilter7
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavformat58
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavresample4
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libavutil56
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libpostproc55
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libswresample3
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
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libswscale5
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7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 18.10
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ffmpeg
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavcodec-extra58
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavcodec58
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavdevice58
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavfilter-extra7
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavfilter7
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavformat58
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavresample4
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libavutil56
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libpostproc55
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libswresample3
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
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libswscale5
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7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 18.04
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ffmpeg
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavcodec-extra57
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavcodec57
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavdevice57
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavfilter-extra6
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavfilter6
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavformat57
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavresample3
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libavutil55
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libpostproc54
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libswresample2
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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libswscale4
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7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-4431-1: libavcodec57, libswresample2, libavdevice-dev, libavresample4, libavutil55, libavcodec-extra57, libavresample-dev, libswresample-dev, libavfilter-ffmpeg5, libavfilter-dev, libavformat-dev, libavutil-ffmpeg54, libavformat-ffmpeg56, libpostproc54, libswresample3, libavformat58, libavfilter6, libavdevice-ffmpeg56, libpostproc-ffmpeg53, libpostproc55, libavformat57, libswscale4, libavcodec58, libavfilter-extra, libavfilter-extra7, libswscale-ffmpeg3, libswscale5, libpostproc-dev, libavfilter-extra6, libavdevice58, libav-tools, libswresample-ffmpeg1, libavcodec-extra, libavfilter7, libavutil56, ffmpeg-doc, libavcodec-extra58, libavresample-ffmpeg2, libswscale-dev, libavresample3, ffmpeg, libavutil-dev, libavcodec-dev, libavcodec-ffmpeg56, libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56, libavdevice57