Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5733-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 5733-1 - It was discovered that FLAC was not
properly performing memory management operations, which could result in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FLAC to
consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that FLAC was not properly performing bounds checking
operations when decoding data. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to expose sensitive information or to cause FLAC to crash,
leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169963/USN-5733-1.txt
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:08:37 GMT
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