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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5749-1 Moderate: Libsamplerate Crash Threat

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Calendar Grey November 29, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installation is updated to resolve vulnerabilities related to libsamplerate, which may result in system instability when processing specially designed audio files.
libsamplerate could cause a crash if it processed a specially crafted audio file.

Summary

libsamplerate could cause a crash if it processed a specially crafted

audio file.

Software Description:

- libsamplerate: Audio sample rate conversion library

Details:

Erik de Castro Lopo and Agostino Sarubbo discovered that libsamplerate

did not properly perform bounds checking. If a user were tricked into

processing a specially crafted audio file, an attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a crash.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity crash risk libsamplerate

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libsamplerate0                  0.1.8-8ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5749-1

CVE-2017-7697

November 29, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity crash risk libsamplerate

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