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authorReinhard Tartler <siretart@tauware.de>2011-12-25 09:55:45 +0100
committerReinhard Tartler <siretart@tauware.de>2011-12-25 10:18:18 +0100
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Release notes and changelog for 0.5.6
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@@ -153,3 +153,20 @@ corrected. Additional, this release contains fixes for compilation with
gcc-4.6. Distributors and system integrators are encouraged to update
and share their patches against this branch.
+
+
+* 0.5.6 Dec 25, 2011
+
+General notes
+-------------
+
+This maintenance-only release addresses several security issues that
+were brought to our attention. In details, it features fixes for the
+QDM2 decoder (CVE-2011-4351), DoS in the VP5/VP6 decoders
+(CVE-2011-4353), and a buffer overflow in the Sierra VMD decoder
+CVE-2011-4364, and a safety fix in the SVQ1 decoder (CVE-2011-4579).
+CVE-2011-4352, a bug in the VP3 decoder, is not known to affect this
+release.
+
+Distributors and system integrators are encouraged to update and share
+their patches against this branch.