[USN-3988-1] MediaInfo vulnerabilities

[Eduardo Barretto]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3988-1
May 16, 2019

libmediainfo vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- libmediainfo: library reading metadata from media files

Details:

It was discovered that MediaInfo contained multiple security issues
when
handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening
a
crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause MediaInfo to crash,
resulting
in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libmediainfo0v5                 18.12-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libmediainfo0v5                 18.03.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libmediainfo0v5                 17.12-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3988-1
  CVE-2019-11372, CVE-2019-11373

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmediainfo/18.12-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmediainfo/18.03.1-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmediainfo/17.12-1ubuntu0.1
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