USN-5184-1: libmysofa vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• libmysofa - library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format

Details

It was discovered that libmysofa mishandled certain input. An attacker could
use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash).

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

• libmysofa1 - 1.0~dfsg0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04

• libmysofa0 - 0.6~dfsg0-3+deb10u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2021-3756