GLSA 202209-13: libaacplus: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libaacplus: Denial of Service
Date:	09/25/2022
Bugs:	#618000
ID:	202209-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libaacplus, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

libaacplus is an HE-AAC+ v2 library, based on the reference implementation.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/libaacplus	<= 2.0.2-r3		All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libaacplus. 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

Gentoo has discontinued suport for libaacplus. We recommend that users remove it:

          # emerge --ask --depclean "media-libs/libaacplus"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202209-13.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.