Ubuntu Security Update USN-3241-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3241-1


22nd March, 2017

audiofile vulnerabilities


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 version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libaudiofile1 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libaudiofile1 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

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-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

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