USN-5749-1: libsamplerate vulnerability

Publication date

29 November 2022

Overview

libsamplerate could cause a crash if it processed a specially crafted audio file.

Releases


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Details

Erik de Castro Lopo and Agostino Sarubbo discovered that libsamplerate
did not properly perform bounds checking. If a user were tricked into
processing a specially crafted audio file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a crash.

Erik de Castro Lopo and Agostino Sarubbo discovered that libsamplerate
did not properly perform bounds checking. If a user were tricked into
processing a specially crafted audio file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a crash.

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
16.04 xenial libsamplerate0 –  0.1.8-8ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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