Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-6403-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libvpx. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: 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-6403-3` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libvpx-dev - 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 vpx-tools - 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 libvpx-doc - 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 libvpx3 - 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

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

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.25
  • 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.16
  • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.12
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.3

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:

• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.25
  • 2.8.16
  • 2.9.12
  • 2.10.3

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44488
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5217
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6403-3

History

2023-12-04: Initial vulnerability report published.