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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-749-1 March 30, 2009 libsndfile vulnerability CVE-2009-0186 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.12-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 7.10: libsndfile1 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.7.10.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libsndfile1 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.8.04.1 Ubuntu 8.10: libsndfile1 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.8.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that libsndfile did not correctly handle description chunks in CAF audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted CAF audio file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.