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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-f4e74a94a2
2023-10-11 18:50:45.975453
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Name        : libcue
Product     : Fedora 39
Version     : 2.2.1
Release     : 13.fc39
URL         : https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue
Summary     : Cue sheet parser library
Description :
Libcue is intended for parsing a so-called cue sheet from a char string or
a file pointer. For handling of the parsed data a convenient API is available.

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Update Information:

This update backports the fix for a serious security issue that could cause
arbitrary code execution, tracked as CVE-2023-43641. See [this write-up by Kevin
Backhouse](-
gnome-cve-2023-43641/) for details. Thanks to Kevin for discovering the issue
and writing the fix.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Oct 10 2023 Adam Williamson  - 2.2.1-13
- Fix CVE-2023-43641 (Kevin Backhouse)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2242943 - 1-Click RCE Exploit in Libcue (CVE-2023-43641)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242943
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-f4e74a94a2' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 39: libcue 2023-f4e74a94a2

October 11, 2023
This update backports the fix for a serious security issue that could cause arbitrary code execution, tracked as CVE-2023-43641

Summary

Libcue is intended for parsing a so-called cue sheet from a char string or

a file pointer. For handling of the parsed data a convenient API is available.

Update Information:

This update backports the fix for a serious security issue that could cause arbitrary code execution, tracked as CVE-2023-43641. See [this write-up by Kevin Backhouse](- gnome-cve-2023-43641/) for details. Thanks to Kevin for discovering the issue and writing the fix.

Change Log

* Tue Oct 10 2023 Adam Williamson - 2.2.1-13 - Fix CVE-2023-43641 (Kevin Backhouse)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2242943 - 1-Click RCE Exploit in Libcue (CVE-2023-43641) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242943

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-f4e74a94a2' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : libcue
Product : Fedora 39
Version : 2.2.1
Release : 13.fc39
URL : https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue
Summary : Cue sheet parser library

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