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:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.