USN-3241-1: audiofile vulnerabilities
22 March 2017
audiofile could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- audiofile - Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library
Details
Agostino Sarubbo discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain
malformed audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted audio file, a remote attacker could cause
applications linked against audiofile to crash, leading to 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 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.