[Cucumber-linux-security] ffmpeg (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for ffmpeg for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Mon Apr 9 16:10:08 EDT 2018
lib-base/ffmpeg rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2018-9234, a security vulnerability
	that allowed for a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (out of
	array access resulting in an application crash) or possible have other
	unspecified impacts via a long filename. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=358
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9841
multilib/lib-base/ffmpeg-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 3, x86_64 only)
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-358 [CVE-2018-9841]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=358)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure ffmpeg is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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