• Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5733-1

    From Security Bot@2:250/1 to All on Sat Jan 14 20:22:00 2023


    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

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