Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6403-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libvpx-dev - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2 libvpx6 - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2 vpx-tools - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2 libvpx-doc - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-44488, CVE-2023-5217

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
  • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
  • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.18
  • 4.0.10+LTS-T
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.18
  • 4.0.10+LTS-T

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44488
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5217
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6403-1

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.