USN-525-1: libsndfile vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• libsndfile -

Details

Robert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile did not correctly validate the
size of its memory buffers. If a user were tricked into playing a specially
crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.16-1ubuntu0.7.04.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.16-1ubuntu0.6.10.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.12-3ubuntu1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-4974