USN-6964-1: ORC vulnerability

15 August 2024

ORC could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code

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Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

USN-6964-2: liborc-0.4-dev, liborc-0.4-doc, orc, liborc-0.4-0, liborc-0.4-dev-bin

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