MGASA-2023-0300 - Updated libcue packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0300.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-43641

Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access.
A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading
a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to
`~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And
because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to
parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain
code execution. (CVE-2023-43641)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32372
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/09/3
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43641

SRPMS:
- 9/core/libcue-2.3.0-1.mga9
- 8/core/libcue-2.3.0-1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0300: libcue security update

Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access

Summary

Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. (CVE-2023-43641)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32372

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/09/3

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43641

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0300 - Updated libcue packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/libcue-2.3.0-1.mga9

- 8/core/libcue-2.3.0-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 23 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0300.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-43641

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