USN-6855-1: libcdio vulnerability

Publication date

28 June 2024

Overview

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


Packages

  • libcdio - C++ library to read and control CD-ROM (development files)

Details

Mansour Gashasbi discovered that libcdio incorrectly handled certain
memory operations when parsing an ISO file, leading to a buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Mansour Gashasbi discovered that libcdio incorrectly handled certain
memory operations when parsing an ISO file, leading to a buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause 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
24.04 noble libcdio++1t64 –  2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1.2
libcdio19t64 –  2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1.2
libiso9660++0t64 –  2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1.2
libiso9660-11t64 –  2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1.2
libudf0t64 –  2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1.2
23.10 mantic libcdio++1 –  2.1.0-4ubuntu0.2
libcdio19 –  2.1.0-4ubuntu0.2
libiso9660++0 –  2.1.0-4ubuntu0.2
libiso9660-11 –  2.1.0-4ubuntu0.2
libudf0 –  2.1.0-4ubuntu0.2
22.04 jammy libcdio++1 –  2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
libcdio19 –  2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
libiso9660++0 –  2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
libiso9660-11 –  2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
libudf0 –  2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal libcdio18 –  2.0.0-2ubuntu0.2
libiso9660-11 –  2.0.0-2ubuntu0.2
libudf0 –  2.0.0-2ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic libcdio17 –  1.0.0-2ubuntu2+esm2  
libiso9660-10 –  1.0.0-2ubuntu2+esm2  
libudf0 –  1.0.0-2ubuntu2+esm2  
16.04 xenial libcdio13 –  0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm3  
libiso9660-8 –  0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm3  
libudf0 –  0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm3  
14.04 trusty libcdio13 –  0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm3  
libiso9660-8 –  0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm3  
libudf0 –  0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm3  

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