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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4641-1 Critical: Libextractor Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Unveil crucial information regarding the libextractor security flaws impacting Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and associated complications.
Several security issues were fixed in libextractor.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libextractor.

Software Description:

- libextractor: library used to extract metadata from files

Details:

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled zero sample rate.

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

(CVE-2017-15266)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain FLAC

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

service. (CVE-2017-15267)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain specially

crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2017-15600, CVE-2018-16430, CVE-2018-20430)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled certain inputs. An

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

(CVE-2017-15601)

It was discovered that Libextractor incorrectly handled integers. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu libextractor

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  extract                         1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1
  libextractor-dev                1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1
  libextractor3                   1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4641-1

CVE-2017-15266, CVE-2017-15267, CVE-2017-15600, CVE-2017-15601,

CVE-2017-15602, CVE-2017-15922, CVE-2017-17440, CVE-2018-14346,

CVE-2018-14347, CVE-2018-16430, CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-20431

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November 23, 2020

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu libextractor

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libextractor/1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1

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