nas vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-4256   CVE-2013-4257  

Several security issues were fixed in Network Audio System (NAS).

Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security issues in the Network Audio System (NAS) server. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4256, CVE-2013-4257)

1 October 2013

nas vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 13.04
  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Network Audio System (NAS).

Software Description

  • nas - Network Audio System

Details

Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security issues in the Network Audio System (NAS) server. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4256, CVE-2013-4257)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04
nas - 1.9.3-5ubuntu0.13.04.1
Ubuntu 12.10
nas - 1.9.3-5ubuntu0.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
nas - 1.9.3-4ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References