1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3569-1

USN-3569-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 February 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libvorbis.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use libvorbis, such as Totem and gtkpod, to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.10 artful libvorbis0a –  1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libvorbis0a –  1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty libvorbis0a –  1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1

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