USN-5656-1: JACK vulnerability

Publication date

4 October 2022

Overview

JACK could cause a crash in certain conditions.

Releases


Packages

  • jackd2 - JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)

Details

Joseph Yasi discovered that JACK incorrectly handled the closing of a socket
in certain conditions. An attacker could potentially use this issue to
cause a crash.

Joseph Yasi discovered that JACK incorrectly handled the closing of a socket
in certain conditions. An attacker could potentially use this issue to
cause a crash.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 LTS xenial jackd2 –  1.9.10+20150825git1ed50c92~dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1  
jackd2-firewire –  1.9.10+20150825git1ed50c92~dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1  
libjack-jackd2-0 –  1.9.10+20150825git1ed50c92~dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1  

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