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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884823
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora: Security Advisory for flac (FEDORA-2023-bf8423a373)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'flac'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2023-bf8423a373 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'flac'
package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2023-bf8423a373 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC
is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of
the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form,
flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac,
a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for
various music players.

This package contains the command-line tools and documentation.

Affected Software/OS:
'flac' package(s) on Fedora 37.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-22219
Debian Security Information: DSA-5500 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5500
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZD2AJTU4PCJQP7HPTS2L2ELJWBASCRGD/
https://github.com/xiph/flac/issues/215
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00028.html
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