USN-2426-1: FLAC vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• 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

• libflac++6 - 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
• libflac8 - 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libflac++6 - 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1
• libflac8 - 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• 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

• CVE-2014-8962
• CVE-2014-9028