USN-6313-1: FAAD2 vulnerabilities

29 August 2023

Several security issues were fixed in FAAD2.

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Releases

It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-32272, CVE-2021-32273, CVE-2021-32274, CVE-2021-32277,
CVE-2021-32278, CVE-2023-38857, CVE-2023-38858)

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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