Gentoo: GLSA-201702-25 Normal Severity: Libass DoS Threats
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February 21, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libass, the worst of which have unknown impacts.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libass. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All libass users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libass-0.13.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-7969 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7969 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7970 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7970 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7971 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7971 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7972 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7972
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: libass: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 20, 2017
Bugs: #596422
ID: 201702-25
Topics Covered
Background
libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced
Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libass < 0.13.4 >= 0.13.4
Impact
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A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or other
unknown impacts via unknown attack vectors.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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