USN-6360-2: FLAC vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

USN-6360-1 fixed a vulnerability in flac. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled encoding certain files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6360-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libflac-doc - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 libflac-dev - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 libflac++-dev - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 flac - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 libflac++6v5 - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 libflac8 - 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2020-22219

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.40
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.25
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.46
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.28
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.40
- 2.13.25
- 3.0.18
- 4.0.10+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.46
- 2.13.28
- 3.0.18
- 4.0.10+LTS-T

References

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.