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  • [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202208-16 ] faac: Denial of service

    From glsamaker@gentoo.org@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 11 01:00:02 2022
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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202208-16
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    Severity: Low
    Title: faac: Denial of service
    Date: August 10, 2022
    Bugs: #762505
    ID: 202208-16

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    Synopsis
    ========

    A vulnerability in faac could result in denial of service.

    Background
    ==========

    faac contains free MPEG-4 audio codecs by AudioCoding.com.

    Affected packages
    =================

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    Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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    1 media-libs/faac < 1.30 >= 1.30

    Description
    ===========

    An invalid pointer can be dereferenced in the huffcode function of libfaac/huff2.c, leading to a crash.

    Impact
    ======

    An attacker with the ability to provide crafted input to faac could cause a denial of service.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There is no known workaround at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All faac users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/faac-1.30"

    References
    ==========

    [ 1 ] CVE-2018-19886
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19886

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-16

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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