USN-6558-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• audiofile - Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library

Details

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu
18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17095)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2019-13147)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to leak memory. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2022-24599)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• audiofile-tools - 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libaudiofile1 - 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2018-17095
• CVE-2019-13147
• CVE-2018-13440
• CVE-2022-24599

Related notices

• USN-3800-1: audiofile, audiofile-tools, libaudiofile1, libaudiofile-dev