USN-6558-1: audiofile vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

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: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6558-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: audiofile-tools – 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 libaudiofile-dev – 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 libaudiofile1 – 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2018-13440, CVE-2018-17095, CVE-2019-13147, CVE-2022-24599.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.61.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 35.1.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.61.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 35.1.0 or greater

History

2024-04-04: Initial vulnerability report published.