Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3800-1

USN-3800-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 October 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in audiofile.

Releases

14.04 LTS

Packages

audiofile - Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library

Details

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17095)

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17095)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all 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
14.04 trusty	audiofile-tools – 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
14.04 trusty	libaudiofile1 – 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3

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References

USN-6558-1

USN-6558-1