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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2514-1 flac -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

04 Jan 2021

Affected Packages:

flac

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 897015.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-6888, CVE-2020-0499.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were fixed in flac, the library for the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

• CVE-2017-6888

  Memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file

• CVE-2020-0499

  Out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your flac packages.

For the detailed security status of flac please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/flac

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS