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Gentoo: GLSA 201705-08 Normal: Libav Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2017
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The Gentoo GLSA 202105-12 pertains to vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, which may lead to unauthorized access or service disruption.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libav, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS threat arbitrary code normal severity libav

Resolution

All libav users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/libav-11.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3395 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3395 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-3417 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3417 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1897 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1897 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-1898 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1898 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-2326 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2326 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-3062 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3062

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
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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: libav: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 09, 2017
Bugs: #552320, #571870, #600706
ID: 201705-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS threat arbitrary code normal severity libav

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libav, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Libav is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/libav < 11.8 >= 11.8

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file in an application linked against libav, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the application, a Denial of Service condition or access the content of arbitrary local files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.