[Bug 1643467] Re: Firefox 50 blocks Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS's version of libavcodec

[Hans Brinker]

Thank you very much for your work.

Regards Ferry

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

> 
>     Op 8 mei 2017 om 0:49 schreef Mathew Hodson <mathew.hodson at gmail.com>:
> 
> 
>     ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
> 
>     ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Precise)
> 
>     ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Trusty)
> 
>     ** No longer affects: libav (Ubuntu)
> 
>     ** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu Trusty)
>     Importance: Undecided => Medium
> 
>     ** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu Precise)
>     Importance: Undecided => Medium
> 
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>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643467
> 
>     Title:
>     Firefox 50 blocks Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS's version of libavcodec
> 
>     Status in libav:
>     Unknown
>     Status in libav source package in Precise:
>     Confirmed
>     Status in libav source package in Trusty:
>     Fix Released
> 
>     Bug description:
>     Whenever it tries to play a video, Firefox 50 displays this message at the
> top of every page:
>     "libavcodec may be vulnerable or is not supported, and should be updated
> to play video"
> 
>     https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/locales/en-
> 
>    US/chrome/browser/browser.properties?q=%22libavcodec+may+be+vulnerable%22&redirect_type=single#742
> 
>     Firefox refuses any libavcodec version prior to 54.35.1 (unless
>     media.libavcodec.allow-obsolete==true).
> 
>     https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
>     central/source/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegLibWrapper.cpp#60
> 
>     Users should not be subjected to this warning, as it is vague (does not
> instruct them how to fix it).
>     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS should ship with an updated version of libavcodec.
> 
>     DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>     Package: firefox 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
> 
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