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CVE-2023-23144: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Q_DecCoordOnUnitSphere function within the bifs/unquantize.c file of GPAC version 2.2-rev0-gab012bbfb-master (CVE Details, Debian Tracker).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a medium severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5. The attack vector is local (AV:L), requiring low attack complexity (AC:L) with no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R). The scope is unchanged (S:U) with no impact on confidentiality (C:N) or integrity (I:N), but high impact on availability (A:H) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability affects system availability with no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity. If exploited, it could lead to a denial of service condition in the affected GPAC installations (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction to exploit. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of assessment (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A fix has been implemented in the GPAC repository through commit 3a2458a. For Debian systems, the vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2 of the gpac package (GitHub Patch, Debian Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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