Issued:

2012-02-15

Updated:

2012-02-15

RHSA-2012:0136 - Important: libvorbis security update

Synopsis

Important: libvorbis security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated libvorbis packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

The libvorbis packages contain runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis. Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libvorbis library parsed Ogg Vorbis media files. If a specially-crafted Ogg Vorbis media file was opened by an application using libvorbis, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-0444)

Users of libvorbis should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ia64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.src.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.src.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.i386.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ia64.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.i386.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ia64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.src.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.ppc64.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.0-4.el4.5.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.i386.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.0-4.el4.5.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.s390.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.s390x.rpm
• libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ia64.rpm
• libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-docs-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.noarch.rpm
• libvorbis-1.2.3-4.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
• libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_7.6.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 786026

CVEs

• CVE-2012-0444

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.