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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3569-1
February 13, 2018
libvorbis vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in libvorbis.
Software Description:
– libvorbis: The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
Details:
It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound
files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-14632)
It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound
files. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-14633)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
libvorbis0a 1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libvorbis0a 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libvorbis0a 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications
that
use libvorbis, such as Totem and gtkpod, to effect the necessary
changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3569-1
CVE-2017-14632, CVE-2017-14633
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvorbis/1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvorbis/1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvorbis/1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1
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