USN-2729-1: libvdpau vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2729-1

3rd September, 2015

libvdpau vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

libvdpau could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

• libvdpau - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix

Details

Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain
environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:

libvdpau1 0.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libvdpau1 0.7-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libvdpau1 0.4.1-3ubuntu1.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-5198, CVE-2015-5199, CVE-2015-5200

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/1JEaETy