1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6360-1

USN-6360-1: FLAC vulnerability

Publication date

12 September 2023

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec

Details

It was discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled encoding certain files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled encoding certain files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to crash, resulting in 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
22.04 jammy flac –  1.3.3-2ubuntu0.2
libflac8 –  1.3.3-2ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal flac –  1.3.3-1ubuntu0.2
libflac8 –  1.3.3-1ubuntu0.2

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