USN-3569-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3569-1
13th February, 2018
libvorbis vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libvorbis.
Software description
- libvorbis
– The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
Details
It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-14632)
It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound files.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-14633)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
libvorbis0a
1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libvorbis0a
1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libvorbis0a
1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that
use libvorbis, such as Totem and gtkpod, to effect the necessary changes.
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