Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple flaws in pulseaudio’s network processing code. If an unauthenticated attacker sent specially crafted requests to the pulseaudio daemon, it would crash, resulting in a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
25 May 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple flaws in pulseaudio’s network processing code. If an unauthenticated attacker sent specially crafted requests to the pulseaudio daemon, it would crash, resulting in a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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