USN-5025-1: libsndfile vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 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 21.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.31-1ubuntu1.1
• sndfile-programs - 1.0.31-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.1
• sndfile-programs - 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libsndfile1 - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
• sndfile-programs - 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2

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

References

• CVE-2021-3246

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