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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-3241-1 Critical: Audiofile Denial Of Service Issues

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audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3241-1
March 22, 2017

audiofile vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software Description:
- audiofile: Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library

Details:

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain
malformed audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted audio file, a remote attacker could cause
applications linked against audiofile to crash, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libaudiofile1                   0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libaudiofile1                   0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3241-1
  CVE-2017-6827, CVE-2017-6828, CVE-2017-6829, CVE-2017-6830,
  CVE-2017-6831, CVE-2017-6832, CVE-2017-6833, CVE-2017-6834,
  CVE-2017-6835, CVE-2017-6836, CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838,
  CVE-2017-6839

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-3241-1 Critical: Audiofile Denial Of Service Issues

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Serious flaws in the audio library may trigger system failures or allow unauthorized code execution on Ubuntu environments. Ensure your system is updated immediately!
audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libaudiofile1 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libaudiofile1 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3241-1

CVE-2017-6827, CVE-2017-6828, CVE-2017-6829, CVE-2017-6830,

CVE-2017-6831, CVE-2017-6832, CVE-2017-6833, CVE-2017-6834,

CVE-2017-6835, CVE-2017-6836, CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838,

CVE-2017-6839

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March 22, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

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