GLSA 201702-25: libass: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libass: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/20/2017
Bugs:	#596422
ID:	201702-25

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libass, the worst of which have unknown impacts.

Background

libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/libass	< 0.13.4	>= 0.13.4	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or other unknown impacts via unknown attack vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libass users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libass-0.13.4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-25.xml

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.