SB2015090216 - Fedora 23 update for libvdpau

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SB2015090216 - Fedora 23 update for libvdpau

Published: September 2, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015090216
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5198)

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.


2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5199)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5200)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

The trace functionality in libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References