Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1174-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Hossein Lotfi discovered that libsndfile did not properly verify the header length and number of channels for PARIS Audio Format (PAF) audio files. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Affected
libsndfile on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2696 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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