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Debian 9 DLA-2514-1: Flac Memory Leak Moderate Security Advisory

debian lts
Calendar Grey January 4, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
The Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2514-1 highlights security issues in flac, notably including memory management flaws and potential overflow risks. Users are urged to perform an upgrade.
Two vulnerabilities were fixed in flac, the library for the Free Lossless Audio Codec
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Summary

CVE-2017-6888

Memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file

CVE-2020-0499

Out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
1.3.2-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your flac packages.

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

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


Package: flac
Version: 1.3.2-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-6888 CVE-2020-0499
Debian Bug: 897015 977764

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