Gentoo: GLSA-202209-13: libaacplus: Denial of Service
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libaacplus. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued suport for libaacplus. We recommend that usersremove it:
# emerge --ask --depclean "media-libs/libaacplus"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7603 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7603 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7604 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7604 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7605 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7605
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-13
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.
Background
libaacplus is an HE-AAC+ v2 library, based on the reference implementation.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libaacplus <= 2.0.2-r3 Vulnerable!
Impact
===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.