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Debian: DLA-2772-1 Critical: TagLib Crashes and Data Leaks

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Urgent Debian LTS Notice DLA-2772-1 highlights vulnerabilities in the TagLib library, encompassing potential crashes and exposure of confidential information.
Several problems were corrected in TagLib, a library for reading and editing audio meta data

Summary

CVE-2017-12678

A crafted audio file could result in a crash.

CVE-2018-11439

A crafted audio file could result in information disclosure.

Additionally, a bug that can lead to corruption of ogg files
has been fixed.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your taglib packages.

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

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


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Package: taglib
Version: 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.3+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-12678 CVE-2018-11439
Debian Bug: 871511 903847 915281

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