MGASA-2019-0254 - Updated SDL12 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0254.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6, 7
CVE: CVE-2019-13616

Updated SDL12 packages fix security vulnerability:

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 has a heap-based buffer
over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c when called from SDL_SoftBlit
in video/SDL_blit.c (CVE-2019-13616).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25387
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13616
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13616

SRPMS:
- 7/core/SDL12-1.2.15-23.1.mga7
- 6/core/SDL12-1.2.15-19.2.mga6

Mageia 2019-0254: SDL12 security update

Updated SDL12 packages fix security vulnerability: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c when called fr...

Summary

Updated SDL12 packages fix security vulnerability:
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c when called from SDL_SoftBlit in video/SDL_blit.c (CVE-2019-13616).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25387

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13616

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13616

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0254 - Updated SDL12 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/SDL12-1.2.15-23.1.mga7

- 6/core/SDL12-1.2.15-19.2.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 06 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0254.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-13616

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