USN-5025-2: libsndfile vulnerability

29 July 2021

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

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Releases

Packages

  • libsndfile - Library for reading/writing audio files

Details

USN-5025-1 fixed a vulnerability in libsndfile. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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