USN-3306-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities
USN-3306-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3306-1 1st June, 2017 libsndfile vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile. Software description libsndfile – Library for reading/writing audio files Details Agostino Sarubbo and Jakub Jirasek discovered that libsndfile incorrectlyhandled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue tocause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyexecute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: libsndfile1 1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.10: libsndfile1 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make [ more… ]