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Severity: Normal
Title: libaacplus: Denial of Service
Date: September 25, 2022
Bugs: #618000
ID: 202209-13

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Synopsis
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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
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libaacplus <= 2.0.2-r3 Vulnerable!

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
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[ 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.

License
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Copyright 2022 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