MGASA-2023-0277 - Updated flac packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0277.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE--2020-22219

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before
1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to
the encoder. (CVE-2020-22219)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32283
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-22219
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6360-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE--2020-22219

SRPMS:
- 8/core/flac-1.3.3-3.2.mga8

Mageia 2023-0277: flac security update

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via ...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder. (CVE-2020-22219)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32283

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-22219

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6360-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE--2020-22219

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0277 - Updated flac packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/flac-1.3.3-3.2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0277.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE--2020-22219

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