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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5025-2 Moderate Libsndfile Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5025-3 addresses a vulnerability in libsndfile that may lead to application crashes or the execution of unauthorized code.
libsndfile could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

libsndfile could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- libsndfile: Library for reading/writing audio files

Details:

USN-5025-1 fixed a vulnerability in libsndfile. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm1
  sndfile-programs                1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm2
  sndfile-programs                1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5025-2

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

CVE-2021-3246

July 29, 2021

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