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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5109-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 27, 2022                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : faad2
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-20196 CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360 CVE-2019-6956 
                 CVE-2021-32272 CVE-2021-32273 CVE-2021-32274 CVE-2021-32276 
                 CVE-2021-32277 CVE-2021-32278

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the freeware Advanced
Audio Decoder, which may result in denial of service or potentially the
execution of arbitrary code if malformed media files are processed.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.10.0-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your faad2 packages.

For the detailed security status of faad2 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/faad2

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-5109-1: faad2 security update

March 27, 2022
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the freeware Advanced Audio Decoder, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malfor...

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the freeware Advanced
Audio Decoder, which may result in denial of service or potentially the
execution of arbitrary code if malformed media files are processed.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.10.0-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your faad2 packages.

For the detailed security status of faad2 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/faad2

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : faad2
CVE ID : CVE-2018-20196 CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360 CVE-2019-6956
CVE-2021-32272 CVE-2021-32273 CVE-2021-32274 CVE-2021-32276
CVE-2021-32277 CVE-2021-32278

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