Bug 1381960 (CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7970, CVE-2016-7972) - CVE-2016-7969 CVE-2016-7970 CVE-2016-7972 libass: Multiple issues disclosed with 0.13.4 update
Summary: CVE-2016-7969 CVE-2016-7970 CVE-2016-7972 libass: Multiple issues disclosed w...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7970, CVE-2016-7972
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1381961 1381962
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-05 12:34 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libass 0.13.4
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Last Closed: 2017-05-08 20:01:56 UTC

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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-10-05 12:34:59 UTC 
Libass released a new 0.13.4 version which fixes multiple issues. CVE-2016-7971 remains unfixed for now.

CVE-2016-7969 upstream patch:

https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/b72b283b936a600c730e00875d7d067bded3fc26

CVE-2016-7970 upstream patch:

https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/08e754612019ed84d1db0d1fc4f5798248decd75

CVE-2016-7972 upstream patch:

https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/aa54e0b59200a994d50a346b5d7ac818ebcf2d4b

External References:

https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-10-05 12:35:28 UTC 
Created libass tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1381961]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1381962]
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-03-06 09:02:56 UTC 
CVE-2016-7971 was rejected:

** REJECT **
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This
candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that
it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
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