USN-3241-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 March 2017

Overview

audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • 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.

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

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 libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 precise libaudiofile1 –  0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

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