Ubuntu Security Notice 2729-1 - Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.
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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/0.9-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/0.7-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau/0.4.1-3ubuntu1.2