USN-4013-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities

libsndfile vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Software Description

• libsndfile - Library for reading/writing audio files

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libsndfile1 - 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2017-14245
• CVE-2017-14246
• CVE-2017-14634
• CVE-2017-16942
• CVE-2017-17456
• CVE-2017-17457
• CVE-2017-6892
• CVE-2018-13139
• CVE-2018-19432
• CVE-2018-19661
• CVE-2018-19662
• CVE-2018-19758
• CVE-2019-3832

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2XHJkAc