1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3604-1

USN-3604-1: libvorbis vulnerability

Publication date

22 March 2018

Overview

libvorbis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • libvorbis - The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec

Details

Richard Zhu discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound
files. An attacker could use this to cause libvorbis to crash, resulting in
a denial or service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Richard Zhu discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound
files. An attacker could use this to cause libvorbis to crash, resulting in
a denial or service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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 –  1.3.5-4ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libvorbis0a –  1.3.5-3ubuntu0.2
14.04 trusty libvorbis0a –  1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.2

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