USN-3569-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

• libvorbis0a - 1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libvorbis0a - 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• libvorbis0a - 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1

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

References

• CVE-2017-14632
• CVE-2017-14633