Ubuntu has issued an advisory on September 12: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6360-1
CC: (none) => nicolas.salguero
Not sure that the SRPM version is right. Got it from Sophie - but it is similr to that for the fix, apparently. Our version 1.3.3 is years old. (1.3.4 18m ago). Various packagers involved, so assigning globaly.
Source RPM: (none) => flac-1.3.3-3.1.mga8.src.rpmAssignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugsStatus comment: (none) => Fix 1.3.3-2 ?
Suggested advisory: ======================== The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder. (CVE-2020-22219) References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-22219 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6360-1 ======================== Updated packages in core/updates_testing: ======================== flac-1.3.3-3.2.mga8 lib(64)flac++6-1.3.3-3.2.mga8 lib(64)flac++-devel-1.3.3-3.2.mga8 lib(64)flac8-1.3.3-3.2.mga8 lib(64)flac-devel-1.3.3-3.2.mga8 from SRPM: flac-1.3.3-3.2.mga8.src.rpm
Status: NEW => ASSIGNEDStatus comment: Fix 1.3.3-2 ? => (none)Assignee: pkg-bugs => nicolas.salguero
Assignee: nicolas.salguero => qa-bugs
CC: (none) => mageia
MGA8-64 Xfce on Acer Aspire 5253 No installation issues. Ref bug 30098 Comment 3, testing some features of the flac command $ flac 01Blauwe\ geschelpte.wav 02Chop-soy\ fighting.wav flac 1.3.3 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Josh Coalson, 2011-2016 Xiph.Org Foundation flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. 01Blauwe geschelpte.wav: WARNING: skipping unknown chunk 'LIST' (use --keep-foreign-metadata to keep) 01Blauwe geschelpte.wav: wrote 20857943 bytes, ratio=0.552 02Chop-soy fighting.wav: WARNING: skipping unknown chunk 'LIST' (use --keep-foreign-metadata to keep) 02Chop-soy fighting.wav: wrote 17349669 bytes, ratio=0.543 Compared the wav and flac file as far as can be done on the speakers of an old laptop, no difference to my ears. $ flac --ogg 01Blauwe\ geschelpte.flac flac 1.3.3 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Josh Coalson, 2011-2016 Xiph.Org Foundation flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. 01Blauwe geschelpte.flac: wrote 20858343 bytes, ratio=1.000 ogg sounds the same $ flac -a 01Blauwe\ geschelpte.flac flac 1.3.3 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Josh Coalson, 2011-2016 Xiph.Org Foundation flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. 01Blauwe geschelpte.flac: done Result is in an .ana file, opened it with mousepad: frame=0 offset=486 bits=123240 blocksize=4096 sample_rate=44100 channels=2 channel_assignment=INDEPENDENT subframe=0 wasted_bits=0 type=LPC order=8 qlp_coeff_precision=12 quantization_level=10 residual_type=RICE partition_order=0 qlp_coeff[0]=1203 qlp_coeff[1]=-1389 etc..... 110613 lines long. As in bug 30098, problems with kwave $ kwave 01Blauwe\ geschelpte.flac Benchmarking memcpy methods (smaller is better): libc : 77926470 linux kernel : 118099809 MMX : 115288422 MMXEXT : 80255538 SSE : 80618001 using -> 'libc' kf.coreaddons.kaboutdata: QCoreApplication::applicationName "kwave" is out-of-sync with KAboutData::applicationData().componentName "Kwave" kf.coreaddons.kaboutdata: QCoreApplication::applicationName "kwave" is out-of-sync with KAboutData::applicationData().componentName "Kwave" MenuNode 'Previous Page': icon 'kwave_player_start' not found ! MenuNode 'Next Page': icon 'kwave_player_end' not found ! MenuNode 'Scroll Right': icon 'kwave_player_fwd' not found ! Nothing opened in the kwave window flac opens OK and I could up the tempo so the music plays (at the same pitch) in 1'4" i.s.o. 3'34" All looks OK.
CC: (none) => herman.viaeneWhiteboard: (none) => MGA8-64-OK
Validating. Advisory in comment 2.
Keywords: (none) => validated_updateCC: (none) => andrewsfarm, sysadmin-bugs
Keywords: (none) => advisoryCC: (none) => marja11
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository. https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0277.html
Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED