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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-668-1 libass -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

19 Oct 2016

Affected Packages:

libass

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7972.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libass, a library for manipulating the SubStation Alpha (SSA) subtitle file format. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues.

• CVE-2016-7969

  Mode 0/3 line wrapping equalization in specific cases which could result in illegal reads while laying out and shaping text.

• CVE-2016-7972

  Memory reallocation issue in the shaper which lead to undefined behavior

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.0-3+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libass packages.

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