USN-2426-1: FLAC vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2426-1

27th November, 2014

flac vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.10


• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

FLAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software description

• flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec

Details

Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain

malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to

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

code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:

libflac8 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1

libflac++6 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libflac8 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

libflac++6 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libflac8 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1

libflac++6 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

libflac8 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

libflac++6 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

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

References

CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1psm2Lw