metadata/glsa/glsa-201312-04.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201312-04">
  <title>libtheora: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>An integer overflow in libtheora might allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libtheora</product>
  <announced>December 03, 2013</announced>
  <revised>December 03, 2013: 1</revised>
  <bug>298039</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/libtheora" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libtheora is the reference implementation of Theora, a free and open
      video compression format from the Xiph.org Foundation.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An integer overflow flaw has been discovered in libtheora.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of
      Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libtheora users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/libtheora-1.1.1"
    </code>
    
    <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
      such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3389">
      CVE-2009-3389
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:38:01 +0000">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 03 Dec 2013 04:32:42 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>