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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-630-1 July 28, 2008 ffmpeg vulnerability CVE-2008-3162 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that ffmpeg did not correctly handle STR file demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via applications linked against ffmpeg.