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Gentoo: GLSA-202209-14 Critical: Libexample Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Libaacplus package in Gentoo exhibits several security flaws that may result in a denial of service. Users are advised to perform an update to mitigate these risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libaacplus, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo normal severity libaacplus

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued suport for libaacplus. We recommend that usersremove it: # emerge --ask --depclean "media-libs/libaacplus"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7603 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7603 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7604 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7604 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7605 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7605

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-13
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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: libaacplus: Denial of Service
Date: September 25, 2022
Bugs: #618000
ID: 202209-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo normal severity libaacplus

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libaacplus, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

libaacplus is an HE-AAC+ v2 library, based on the reference implementation.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libaacplus <= 2.0.2-r3 Vulnerable!

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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