[USN-2426-1] FLAC vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2426-1
November 27, 2014

flac vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

FLAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- flac: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Details:

Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain
malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC 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 14.10:
  libflac++6                      1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1
  libflac8                        1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
  libflac8                        1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
  libflac8                        1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libflac++6                      1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
  libflac8                        1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2426-1
  CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flac/1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flac/1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flac/1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flac/1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1


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