Ubuntu Security Notice 3241-1 - Agostino Sarubbo discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain malformed audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted audio file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against audiofile to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3241-1
March 22, 2017
audiofile vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.
Software Description:
- audiofile: Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library
Details:
Agostino Sarubbo discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain
malformed audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted audio file, a remote attacker could cause
applications linked against audiofile to crash, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libaudiofile1 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libaudiofile1 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3241-1
CVE-2017-6827, CVE-2017-6828, CVE-2017-6829, CVE-2017-6830,
CVE-2017-6831, CVE-2017-6832, CVE-2017-6833, CVE-2017-6834,
CVE-2017-6835, CVE-2017-6836, CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838,
CVE-2017-6839
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3