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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-10 High: libcue Arbitrary Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
To enhance security on Gentoo, update the libcue package to resolve the vulnerability associated with an integer overflow in CUE sheet files which may allow arbitrary code execution.
A vulnerability has been discovered in libcue which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Summary

libcue does not check bounds in a loop and suffers from an integer overflow flaw which can be exploited to take over the program.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution integer overflow libcue

Resolution

All libcue users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libcue-2.2.1-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-43641 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43641

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-10
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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: High
Title: libcue: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: October 10, 2023
Bugs: #915500
ID: 202310-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution integer overflow libcue

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in libcue which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Background

libcue is a CUE Sheet Parser Library.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------ ------------ media-libs/libcue < 2.2.1-r1 >= 2.2.1-r1

Impact

Untrusted CUE sheet files can lead to arbitrary code execution.
app-misc/tracker-miners[cue] uses libcue to index CUE Sheet files in directories. It is possible that downloading a malicious CUE Sheet file into a directory indexed by tracker-miners could lead to remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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