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Gentoo: GLSA-202107-55 Low Severity SDL 2 Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
SDL 2 on Gentoo Linux is affected by several minor vulnerabilities. It's advisable to upgrade to mitigate possible Denial of Service scenarios.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libsdl2, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SDL 2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo low severity libsdl2

Resolution

All SDL 2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libsdl2-2.0.14-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14409 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14410 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14410

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-55
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: SDL 2: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 24, 2021
Bugs: #766204
ID: 202107-55

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo low severity libsdl2

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libsdl2, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libsdl2 < 2.0.14-r1 >= 2.0.14-r1

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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