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 incorrectly
handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute 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 all
the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3306-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities
