Executive Summary



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Summary
Title libsndfile vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4013-1 First vendor Publication 2019-06-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-06-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libsndfile.

Software Description: - libsndfile: Library for reading/writing audio files

Details:

It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libsndfile 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 18.10:
libsndfile1 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libsndfile1 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libsndfile1 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1
CVE-2017-14245, CVE-2017-14246, CVE-2017-14634, CVE-2017-16942,
CVE-2017-17456, CVE-2017-17457, CVE-2017-6892, CVE-2018-13139,
CVE-2018-19432, CVE-2018-19661, CVE-2018-19662, CVE-2018-19758,
CVE-2019-3832

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4013-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
55 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
18 % CWE-369 Divide By Zero
9 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
9 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
9 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 3
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1632.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-28 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1447.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1618.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201811-23.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-02 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_2b3860751d9c11e8b6aa4ccc6adda413.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-02 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_30704aba1da411e8b6aa4ccc6adda413.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-01 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_004debf91d1611e8b6aa4ccc6adda413.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-18 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1243.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-18 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1244.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-9b932ec622.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-2cfb239358.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-708adeb9b6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-985.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2020-03-19 13:20:11
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