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:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.