Ubuntu 14.10: 2426-1 Critical: Flac Remote Code Execution Advisory

ubuntu

November 27, 2014

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

Summary

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

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- flac: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Details:

Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain

malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote code execution Ubuntu flac crash

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libflac++6                      1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1
  libflac8                        1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
  libflac8                        1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
  libflac8                        1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
  libflac8                        1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.