1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3306-1

USN-3306-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 June 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Releases

Packages

  • libsndfile - Library for reading/writing audio files

Details

Agostino Sarubbo and Jakub Jirasek discovered that libsndfile incorrectly
handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Agostino Sarubbo and Jakub Jirasek discovered that libsndfile incorrectly
handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to 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
17.04 zesty libsndfile1 –  1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety libsndfile1 –  1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 xenial libsndfile1 –  1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty libsndfile1 –  1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2

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