USN-4013-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libsndfile - Library for reading/writing audio files

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.2

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

References

• CVE-2017-14245
• CVE-2017-14246
• CVE-2017-14634
• CVE-2017-16942
• CVE-2017-17456
• CVE-2017-17457
• CVE-2017-6892
• CVE-2018-13139
• CVE-2018-19432
• CVE-2018-19661
• CVE-2018-19662
• CVE-2018-19758
• CVE-2019-3832

Related notices

• USN-4704-1: libsndfile, libsndfile1-dev, libsndfile1, sndfile-programs