Ubuntu alert USN-2729-1 (libvdpau)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-2729-1] libvdpau vulnerabilities 
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Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:53:24 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2729-1
September 03, 2015

libvdpau vulnerabilities
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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 versions:

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

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2729-1

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

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/0.9-1ubuntu...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/0.7-1ubuntu...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/0.4.1-3ubun...


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