1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5937-1

USN-5937-1: Opusfile vulnerability

Publication date

8 March 2023

Overview

Opusfile could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • opusfile - debugging symbols for libopusfile

Details

It was discovered that Opusfile was not properly validating pointer
arguments in some of its functions, which could lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or have other unspecified impacts.

It was discovered that Opusfile was not properly validating pointer
arguments in some of its functions, which could lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or have other unspecified impacts.

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 libopusfile0 –  0.9+20170913-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal libopusfile0 –  0.9+20170913-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic libopusfile0 –  0.9+20170913-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial libopusfile0 –  0.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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