USN-6814-1: libvpx vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

Xiantong Hou discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6814-1 to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libvpx-dev – 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3 libvpx-doc – 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3 libvpx6 – 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3 vpx-tools – 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2024-5197.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.99.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 41.0.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.99.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 41.0.0 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2024-5197

History

2024-07-25: Initial vulnerability report published.