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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-25 ] libass: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:25:22
Message-Id: 605bcb35-6c56-de19-423b-9743a7bf1ad0@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libass: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: February 20, 2017
10 Bugs: #596422
11 ID: 201702-25
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libass, the worst of which
19 have unknown impacts.
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21 Background
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24 libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced
25 Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-libs/libass < 0.13.4 >= 0.13.4
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libass. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or other
45 unknown impacts via unknown attack vectors.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All libass users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libass-0.13.4"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-7969
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7969
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-7970
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7970
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7971
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7971
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7972
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7972
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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