USN-5237-1: MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 August 2022

Overview

MediaInfoLib could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2020-26797)

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted MpegPs files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04
ESM. (CVE-2020-15395)

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2020-26797)

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted MpegPs files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04
ESM. (CVE-2020-15395)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal libmediainfo0v5 –  19.09+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic libmediainfo0v5 –  17.12-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial libmediainfo0v5 –  0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 trusty libmediainfo0 –  0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm2  

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