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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-55 Normal: DirectFB Remote Code Execution Warning

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2017
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Explore various vulnerabilities found in DirectFB that may potentially lead to remote code execution or Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo systems.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in DirectFB, all of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in DirectFB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution Denial of Service Gentoo Linux normal severity DirectFB graphics API

Resolution

All DirectFB users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/DirectFB-1.7.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2977 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2977 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2978 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2978

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-55
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: DirectFB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 23, 2017
Bugs: #510472
ID: 201701-55

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution Denial of Service Gentoo Linux normal severity DirectFB graphics API

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in DirectFB, all of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a set of graphics APIs implemented on top of the Linux Frame Buffer (fbdev) abstraction layer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/DirectFB < 1.7.5 >= 1.7.5

Impact

===== Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.