USN-1986-1: Network Audio System (NAS) vulnerabilities

1 October 2013

Several security issues were fixed in Network Audio System (NAS).

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Releases

Packages

  • nas - Network Audio System

Details

Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security issues in the Network Audio
System (NAS) server. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4256, CVE-2013-4257)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04

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