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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4704-1 Moderate: Libsndfile Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4705-1 involves vulnerabilities identified in libpng, leading to possible security breaches or remote code execution risks.
Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Software Description:

- libsndfile: Library for reading/writing audio files

Details:

It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed

files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libsndfile to

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

code. (CVE-2017-12562)

It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed

files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libsndfile to

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

code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-14245,

CVE-2017-14246, CVE-2017-14634, CVE-2017-16942, CVE-2017-6892,

CVE-2018-13139, CVE-2018-19432, CVE-2018-19661, CVE-2018-19662,

CVE-2018-19758, CVE-2019-3832)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution Ubuntu ubuntu libsndfile

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3
  sndfile-programs                1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm1
  sndfile-programs                1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4704-1

CVE-2017-12562, CVE-2017-14245, CVE-2017-14246, CVE-2017-14634,

CVE-2017-16942, CVE-2017-6892, CVE-2018-13139, CVE-2018-19432,

CVE-2018-19661, CVE-2018-19662, CVE-2018-19758, CVE-2019-3832

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January 26, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution Ubuntu ubuntu libsndfile

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3

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