USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability

USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability

libmysofa vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

libmysofa could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software Description

• libmysofa – library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format

Details

It was discovered that a libmysofa component does not properly validate
multiplications and additions, and may crash with some specific input.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

libmysofa0 – 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10

libmysofa0 – 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libmysofa0 – 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-10672

Source: USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability