[Secure-testing-team] Bug#538750: avifile: embedded code copy (ffmpeg)

[Simon McVittie]

Package: avifile
Version: 1:0.7.47.20070718-1.2
Severity: important
Tags: security

The FTBFS seen in avifile (#526536) is actually a collision between two symbols
in its embedded copy of ffmpeg, which appears to have last changed in 2007.
As a result, I suspect it may have unfixed security issues, and it certainly
violates best practice.

Regards,
    Simon

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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