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Ubuntu: USN-3241-1 (CVE-2017-6829): audiofile vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3241-1 (CVE-2017-6829): audiofile vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The decodeSample function in IMA.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libaudiofile1

References

  • USN-3241-1
  • DLA-867-1
  • DSA-3814
  • CVE-2017-6829

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