CVE-2023-6604 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-6604: A flaw was found in FFmpeg. This vulnerability allows unexpected additional CPU load and storage consumption, potentially leading to degraded performance or denial of service via the demuxing of arbitrary data as XBIN-formatted data without proper format validation.

Affects 4 Linux releases across 5 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-6604 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in7:4.3.9-0+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in7:7.1.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

ffmpeg→ fixed in7.1.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ffmpeg
```
ffmpeg→ fixed in8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ffmpeg
```

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