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gentoo-announce: GLSA 202006-17 : FAAD2: Multiple vulnerabilities


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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202006-17
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: FAAD2: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 15, 2020
Bugs: #695540
ID: 202006-17

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FAAD2, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/faad2 < 2.9.0 >= 2.9.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FAAD2. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All FAAD2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/faad2-2.9.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-19502
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19502
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-19503
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19503
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-19504
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19504
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-20194
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20194
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-20195
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20195
[ 6 ] CVE-2018-20196
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20196
[ 7 ] CVE-2018-20197
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20197
[ 8 ] CVE-2018-20198
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20198
[ 9 ] CVE-2018-20199
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20199
[ 10 ] CVE-2018-20357
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20357
[ 11 ] CVE-2018-20358
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20358
[ 12 ] CVE-2018-20359
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20359
[ 13 ] CVE-2018-20360
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20360
[ 14 ] CVE-2018-20361
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20361
[ 15 ] CVE-2018-20362
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20362
[ 16 ] CVE-2019-15296
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15296
[ 17 ] CVE-2019-6956
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6956

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

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2020 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