USN-2426-1: FLAC vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2426-1
27th November, 2014
flac vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
FLAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec
Details
Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain
malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC 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 version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
- libflac8 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1
- libflac++6 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- libflac8 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
- libflac++6 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- libflac8 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
- libflac++6 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
- libflac8 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
- libflac++6 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1psm2Lw