Ubuntu Security Notice 3306-1 - 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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3306-1
June 01, 2017
libsndfile vulnerabilities
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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 versions:
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
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3306-1
CVE-2017-7585, CVE-2017-7586, CVE-2017-7741, CVE-2017-7742,
CVE-2017-8361, CVE-2017-8362, CVE-2017-8363, CVE-2017-8365
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2