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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202401-13
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 Severity: Low
    Title: FAAD2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: January 10, 2024
     Bugs: #918558
       ID: 202401-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities have been found in FAAD2.

Background
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FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder.

Affected packages
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Package           Vulnerable    Unaffected
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media-libs/faad2  < 2.11.0      >= 2.11.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FAAD2. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All FAAD2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/faad2-2.11.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-38857
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38857
[ 2 ] CVE-2023-38858
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38858

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-13

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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