Ubuntu Update for ffmpeg vulnerability USN-630-1

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Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-630-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that ffmpeg did not correctly handle STR file demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via applications linked against ffmpeg.
Affected
ffmpeg vulnerability on Ubuntu 7.10 , Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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