Mageia 2021-0413: libass security update
Summary
Updated libass packages fix security vulnerability:
libass 0.15.x before 0.15.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in decode_chars(called from decode_font and process_text) because the wrong integer data
type is used for subtraction (CVE-2020-36430).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29392
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-August/009325.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36430
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0413 - Updated libass packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/libass-0.15.1-1.mga8