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Ubuntu 16.04 & 14.04: USN-5558-1 Moderate Libcdio Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
In November 2023, Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 received security updates for libcdio vulnerabilities, addressing risks like remote code execution and denial of service
Several security issues were fixed in libcdio.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libcdio.

Software Description:

- libcdio: library to read and control digital audio CDs (development files)

Details:

Zhao Liang discovered that libcdio was not properly performing memory

management operations when processing ISO files, which could result

in a heap buffer overflow or in a NULL pointer dereference. If a user

or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file,

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

(CVE-2017-18198, CVE-2017-18199)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libcdio-cdda1                   0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio-paranoia1               0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio-utils                   0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio13                       0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1
   libiso9660-8                    0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1
   libudf0                         0.83-4.2ubuntu1+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
   libcdio-cdda1                   0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio-paranoia1               0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio-utils                   0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1
   libcdio13                       0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1
   libiso9660-8                    0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1
   libudf0                         0.83-4.1ubuntu1+esm1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5558-1

  CVE-2017-18198, CVE-2017-18199

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August 10, 2022

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