=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3306-1
June 01, 2017

libsndfile vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Software Description:
- libsndfile: Library for reading/writing audio files

Details:

Agostino Sarubbo and Jakub Jirasek 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 17.04:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libsndfile1                     1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3306-1
  CVE-2017-7585, CVE-2017-7586, CVE-2017-7741, CVE-2017-7742,
  CVE-2017-8361, CVE-2017-8362, CVE-2017-8363, CVE-2017-8365

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2


Ubuntu 3306-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities

June 1, 2017
Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: libsndfile1 1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.10: libsndfile1 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3306-1

CVE-2017-7585, CVE-2017-7586, CVE-2017-7741, CVE-2017-7742,

CVE-2017-8361, CVE-2017-8362, CVE-2017-8363, CVE-2017-8365

Severity
June 01, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2

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