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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0413
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0413)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libass' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0413 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libass' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0413 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated libass packages fix security vulnerability:

libass 0.15.x before 0.15.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in decode_chars
(called from decode_font and process_text) because the wrong integer data
type is used for subtraction (CVE-2020-36430).

Affected Software/OS:
'libass' package(s) on Mageia 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-36430
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JUXFQUJ32GWG5E46A63DFDCYJAF3VU6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-13
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26674
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/libass/OSV-2020-2099.yaml
https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/017137471d0043e0321e377ed8da48e45a3ec632
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