1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4780-1

USN-4780-1: LAME vulnerabilities

Publication date

29 August 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LAME.

Releases

Packages

  • lame - MP3 encoding library (frontend)

Details

It was discovered that LAME incorrectly handled certain audio files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Eight
vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-9099, CVE-2015-9100, CVE-2015-9101, CVE-2017-15018,
CVE-2017-11720, CVE-2017-8419, CVE-2017-9412, CVE-2017-15045) only affected Ubuntu 14.04
ESM, two vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-9410 and CVE-2017-9411) only affected Ubuntu
16.04 ESM, and one vulnerability (CVE-2017-15019) affected both Ubuntu 14.04
ESM and Ubuntu 16.04.

It was discovered that LAME incorrectly handled certain audio files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Eight
vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-9099, CVE-2015-9100, CVE-2015-9101, CVE-2017-15018,
CVE-2017-11720, CVE-2017-8419, CVE-2017-9412, CVE-2017-15045) only affected Ubuntu 14.04
ESM, two vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-9410 and CVE-2017-9411) only affected Ubuntu
16.04 ESM, and one vulnerability (CVE-2017-15019) affected both Ubuntu 14.04
ESM and Ubuntu 16.04.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libmp3lame0 –  3.99.5+repack1-9ubuntu0.1~esm2  
lame –  3.99.5+repack1-9ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 trusty libmp3lame0 –  3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1+esm3  
lame –  3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1+esm3  

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