1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6558-1

USN-6558-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 December 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in audiofile.

Releases

Packages

  • audiofile - Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library

Details

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu
18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17095)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to...

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu
18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17095)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2019-13147)

It was discovered that audiofile could be made to leak memory. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2022-24599)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1
23.04 lunar audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1
22.04 jammy audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1
20.04 focal audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1  
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1  
14.04 trusty audiofile-tools –  0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1  
libaudiofile1 –  0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1  

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