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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202012-12">
+ <title>libass: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in libass that could allow a remote
+ attacker to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libass</product>
+ <announced>2020-12-23</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-12-23</revised>
+ <bug>746413</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/libass" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.15.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.15.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced
+ Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that libass did not properly handle Advanced
+ Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha subtitle format files.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process an a specially crafted
+ subtitle format file using an application linked against libass, possibly
+ resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
+ process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libass users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/libass-0.15.0"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26682">CVE-2020-26682</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-12-22T22:35:27Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-12-23T19:52:17Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>