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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-01 Low Severity: Assimp Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Open Asset Import Library (Assimp) can exhibit a variety of issues when used on Gentoo Linux. Here, we explore some common flaws encountered and propose recommended actions for each.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Open Asset Import Library, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fetchmail, the worst of which could result in email disclosure to third parties.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues low severity assimp

Resolution

All Open Asset Import Library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/assimp-5.2.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-45948 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45948

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-01
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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: Open Asset Import Library ("assimp"): Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: October 16, 2022
Bugs: #830374
ID: 202210-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues low severity assimp

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Open Asset Import Library, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

Open Asset Import Library is a library to import and export various 3d-model-formats including scene-post-processing to generate missing render data.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/assimp < 5.2.2 >= 5.2.2

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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