CVE-2015-5199

Publication date 1 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvdpau 15.04 vivid
Fixed 0.9-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.7-1ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.4.1-3ubuntu1.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvdpau

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2729-1
    • libvdpau vulnerabilities
    • 3 September 2015

Other references