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Ubuntu 21.04: 5025-1 Critical: libsndfile Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
An important USN-5025-1 alert outlines a libsndfile vulnerability that could lead to a system crash, along with necessary updates for both Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.04.
libsndfile could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu libsndfile

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: libsndfile1 1.0.31-1ubuntu1.1 sndfile-programs 1.0.31-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.1 sndfile-programs 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 sndfile-programs 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5025-1

CVE-2021-3246

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July 29, 2021

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu libsndfile

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.31-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.28-7ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

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