Mageia: 2021-0226 Moderate: Libebml Heap Overflow Threat Resolved
mageia
June 8, 2021
Updated libebml packages fix security vulnerabilities: Heap use-after-free when parsing malformed file
Summary
Updated libebml packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Heap use-after-free when parsing malformed file.
A flaw was found in libebml before 1.4.2. A heap overflow bug exists in the implementation of EbmlString::ReadData and EbmlUnicodeString::ReadData in libebml (CVE-2021-3405).
The mkvtoolnix, libmatroska packages have been rebuilt for the
updated libebml.
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28278
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7COLX6WFFOI3RIOY2IOXWASU3QKAOWKO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JNHQI6MDOECJ2HT5GCLEX2DMJFEOWPW7/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00016.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3405
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/libebml-1.4.2-1.mga7
- 7/core/mkvtoolnix-32.0.0-2.1.mga7
- 7/core/libmatroska-1.5.0-2.1.mga7
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Publication date: 08 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0226.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3405
Topics Covered
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