Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1432-1 gpac -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
19 Jul 2018
Affected Packages:
gpac
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 902782.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-13005, CVE-2018-13006.
More information:

Two heap buffer over read conditions were found in gpac.

  • CVE-2018-13005

    Due to an error in a while loop condition, the function urn_Read in isomedia/box_code_base.c has a heap-based buffer over-read.

  • CVE-2018-13006

    Due to an error in a strlen call, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the isomedia/box_dump.c function hdlr_dump.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.0+svn5324~dfsg1-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gpac packages.

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