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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-3800-1 Critical: Audiofile Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS addresses two critical vulnerabilities in audio processing that may result in service interruption and potential remote code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in audiofile.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in audiofile.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to  execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2018-17095)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu audiofile

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  audiofile-tools                 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
  libaudiofile1                   0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3800-1

  CVE-2018-13440, CVE-2018-17095

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October 24, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu audiofile

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3

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